Forteviot

Forteviot
Houses on the square in Forteviot
Forteviot is located in Perth and Kinross
Forteviot
Forteviot
Location within Perth and Kinross
OS grid referenceNO052174
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPerth
Postcode districtPH2
Dialling code01764
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°20′22″N 3°32′06″W / 56.339436°N 3.535103°W / 56.339436; -3.535103

Forteviot (Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Tabhaicht) (Ordnance Survey grid reference NO052175) is a village in Strathearn, Perth and Kinross on the south bank of the River Earn between Dunning and Perth. It lies in the council area of Perth and Kinross. The population in 1991 was 160.

The present village was rebuilt in the 1920s by John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot of the Dewar's whisky family.