BLAIRGOWRIE, police burgh, Perthshire, Scotland, on the Ericht, terminus of a branch line of the L.M.S. from Coupar Angus, 44m. distant, 16m. N. by E. of Perth by road. Pop. (1930 with Rattray 4,676. The town is modern, and owes prog ress to water-power supplied by the Ericht for flax-spinning works. Strawberries, raspberries and other fruits are largely grown in the neighbourhood. On the opposite bank of the Ericht is the town and police burgh of Rattray with flax and jute mills. Four miles west of Blairgowrie, on the road to Dunkeld, lies Loch Clunie, and on a crannog in the lake are the ruins of a small castle supposed to be the home of James ("the Admirable") Crichton; the large mound near the loch was the site of the castle in which Edward I. lodged.