| Auchtubh | |
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 Looking north across the floodplain of the River Balvag to Auchtubh. | |
  Auchtubh Location within the Stirling council area | |
| OS grid reference | NN554206 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LOCHEARNHEAD |
| Postcode district | FK19 |
| Dialling code | 01567 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Auchtubh is a hamlet in the Stirling council area of Scotland, less than 1 mile (2 kilometres) to the east of the village of Balquhidder. Auchtubh consisted of Croft's numbered 1 to 9 which were worked by Crofters raising sheep and cattle. The crofters helped each other with harvesting and other work. The last worked Croft was number 8 Auchtubh next to Coshnachie The crofter was Chrissie MacCrae who had sheep cows hens and geese. Chrissie had the Croft until her death in 1989.
At Auchtubh there is a floodplain which when flooded after heavy rain, is known as "Loch Occasional".[1][2]
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References
- ↑ Information about the Braes o’ Balquhidder on “home at first” holidays website Archived February 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Information about the area around Callander on www.incallander.com Archived 2010-03-15 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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- Canmore - Auchtubh, 7 Auchtoo site record
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