Caputh, Perth and Kinross
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Caputh
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 Looking east along the A984 to Caputh and Clunic Parish Church | |
  Caputh Location within Perth and Kinross | |
| OS grid reference | NO088400 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLAIRGOWRIE |
| Postcode district | PH13 |
| Dialling code | 01828 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| Scottish Parliament | |
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]
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]