North on Newhouse Road, Letham, Perth, April 1979
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The photograph on this page of North on Newhouse Road, Letham, Perth, April 1979 by Robin Stott as part of the Geograph project.
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North on Newhouse Road, Letham, Perth, April 1979
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 15 Apr 1979
In 1979 this was the western edge of Perth; there was farmland, Letham Farm, behind the cliff of council flats on the left: Image Now, housing estates extend west to the A9 dual carriageway: Image gives a flavour. The roundabout ahead, in NO0824, is at the top of Rannoch Road. The view, from the junction with Burghmuir Road, right, continues across the valley of the River Almond and the wooded ridge to its north, to the slopes that mark the southern edge of the Highlands. Snow still covers the distant Perthshire hills. Scanned from a Kodak Ektachrome slide, reference 79·04·18 (year, film, frame).
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Image Location
Latitude
56.39907
Longitude
-3.4782
