Caputh, Perth and Kinross

This article is about the village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. For other uses, see Caputh.

Caputh (/ˈkeɪpəθ/ KAY-pəth) is a parish and village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the A984 Coupar Angus-to-Dunkeld road, about 6 miles (10 kilometres) southeast of Dunkeld and 8 miles (13 kilometres) west of Coupar Angus.^[1]

Caputh Scottish Gaelic: a' Cheapaich
Looking east along the A984 to Caputh and Clunic Parish Church
Caputh Location within Perth and Kinross
OS grid reference	NO088400
Council area	Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area	Perth and Kinross
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLAIRGOWRIE
Postcode district	PH13
Dialling code	01828
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish Parliament	Perth Mid Scotland and Fife
List of places UK Scotland 56.543115°N 3.484786°W / 56.543115; -3.484786

It stands on the banks of the River Tay.^[2]

The parish includes the East Cult standing stones.^[3]

A 120m wide cairn, known as Cairnmore, was removed to facilitate farming in the 19th century. Remains of an important Roman fort still exist nearby at Inchtuthill.^[4] Cleaven Dyke is near Meikleour,^[5] in the same parish, and was long-thought to be Roman too, but is now regarded as being a substantial Neolithic cursus.^[6]

Dunkeld was partly in Caputh parish until 1891.^[7]

Education

The village has a primary school,^[8] Glendelvine Primary School, built in 1876.

Notable people

Revd. Peter Colin Campbell was parish minister 1845 to 1854, before going to Aberdeen University, where he served as principal.^[9]

From 1869 to 1893 Revd. Theodore Marshall was minister of Caputh. In 1908 he was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He died during his year in office.

Belle Stewart, an influential twentieth-century traditional singer, was "born in a bow tent on the banks of the River Tay on 18 July 1906 in... Caputh".^[10]