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in Scotland was killed in Wolfhill but many other villages across the country lay claim to the same story. There is no doubt that wolves inhabited the area at one time. The monks of nearby
384: 193: 276:, with a population of 316 (2001 census). Formerly known as Carolina, it was given the nickname of "Snipetown" many years ago by locals, owing to the high numbers of 377: 90: 43: 1170: 232: 500: 181: 333:) camped there before going to Perth in the 14th century to be officially forgiven by the church for his evil ways. He is buried at 330: 217: 186: 153: 117: 600: 680: 540: 83: 1129: 938: 807: 415: 933: 715: 705: 570: 30: 1013: 973: 872: 605: 495: 222: 198: 958: 923: 852: 812: 480: 455: 440: 943: 685: 515: 131: 99: 968: 837: 460: 311: 585: 580: 284: 695: 690: 329:
There are varying stories on how the village got its name, one being that the "Wolf of Badenoch" (
786: 360:– that is to say, "...sustain and nourish a leash of hounds for (hunting) fox and wolf..". 345: 310:. One of the best-known sites in folklore is "The Witches' Stane" located between Wolfhill and 1069: 401: 334: 107: 64: 1033: 832: 761: 590: 158: 1144: 862: 640: 465: 300: 174: 146: 1089: 1064: 948: 746: 307: 1164: 993: 766: 700: 645: 318:'s witches were chained, and it does indeed bear chain marks. "MacBeth's Castle" (a 1149: 1048: 998: 928: 736: 535: 505: 369: 288: 1119: 1114: 1074: 1018: 983: 555: 364: 1134: 1109: 1099: 1043: 1038: 1028: 978: 918: 913: 908: 903: 857: 847: 827: 817: 741: 610: 565: 269: 247: 234: 1094: 1084: 988: 898: 877: 791: 781: 776: 771: 675: 665: 655: 620: 595: 575: 530: 525: 470: 445: 430: 425: 319: 296: 292: 141: 367:, FRS, joiner, janitor, librarian and arguably first world climatologist. 1104: 1008: 1003: 751: 731: 630: 615: 545: 520: 475: 450: 420: 273: 123: 1139: 1124: 1023: 842: 822: 756: 635: 560: 550: 510: 490: 323: 315: 348:, who formerly owned the land, stipulated in certain mid-16th-century 1079: 963: 953: 867: 650: 625: 485: 670: 435: 349: 277: 882: 660: 341: 373: 358:"... sustene and nwrice ane leche of hundis for tod and wolf.." 356:(Rogers 1880; pages 251, 262) that tenants were required to 314:. According to local legend, this was the stone to which 352:
agreements recorded in the document known today as the
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Wolfhill is located in Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross
OS grid reference
NO155334
Council area
Perth and Kinross
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Post town
Perth
Postcode district
PH2
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK
Scotland
56°29′06″N 3°22′25″W / 56.485091°N 3.373714°W / 56.485091; -3.373714
Perthshire
Scotland
snipes
Burrelton Burn
Sidlaw Hills
River Tay
Guildtown

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