Place:Keir, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland

NameKeir
TypeSeat
Coordinates56.165°N 3.983°W
Located inDunblane, Perthshire, Scotland     (1900 - 1975)
Also located inCentral Scotland, Scotland     (1975 - 1996)
Stirling, Scotland     (1996 - )
See alsoLecropt, Perthshire, Scotlandparish in which it was located until 1900
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


According to Groome's Gazetteer for Scotland of 1882, Keir was the name of a mansion on the border of Lecropt and Dunblane parishes in Fife, which was the seat of the Stirling (and later Stirling-Maxwell) family. Members of the Stirling family are still resident in the house today.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Keir House.


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