📌 Comrie, Perth & Kinross
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The village of Comrie sits at a triple confluence of the River Earn, Glen Artney and Glen Lednock, with sandbags by house doors standing guard against potential flooding. However, the area’s greatest natural events come from the ground, not from rainfall: this is the UK’s earthquake capital. But why here? A clue lies in the geology, with the Highland Boundary Fault passing close by. Frequent and intense earth tremors (by UK standards, though insignificant by global standards) have long been a feature of this area, resulting in the settlement’s nickname: The Shaky Toun. A tiny 1870s stone building – dramatically labelled on Ordnance Survey maps as Earthquake House – contains one of the UK’s earliest seismometers. Visitors can peer through a window to see the old seismometer, alongside more modern equipment which still records any movement.
🌍 Location
📌 Off minor road 10-min walk southwest of Comrie village centre
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NN 765218
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 56.371923,-4.000860
🚌 Infrequent bus stops nearby on A85 at house turnoff, or better service to Comrie village centre (0.5 mi)
🚗 Layby
📝 Key info
⌚ Exterior always viewable
🎫 Free
