Findo Gask

{{short description|Village in Scotland}}

{{about|the village in Perth and Kinross|the band|Findo Gask (band)}}

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Findo Gask is a small village in Perth and Kinross in Scotland, just off the main A9 road. It is in Strathearn.

There are nearby remains associated with the Roman Road to the south{{cite web| access-date = 2008-08-30|publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|title=Findo Gask |url = http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst1301.html }} and the Roman Frontier{{cite web| access-date = 2009-10-17|publisher=The Roman Gask Project|title=Roman Frontier on the Gask Ridge |url = http://www.theromangaskproject.org}} on the Gask Ridge.

The area was associated with the family of Laurence Oliphant,{{cite web| access-date = 2008-08-30|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|title=Laurence Oliphant of Gask |url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101020710/}} and his granddaughter, the songwriter Lady Nairne, was born there.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB11207|desc=GASK HOUSE|cat=B|access-date=2018-12-21}}

During the Second World War, units of the Polish Army were stationed at Findo Gask Airfield (now disused).{{cite web| access-date = 2008-08-30|publisher=controltowers.co.uk|title=Findo Gask Airfield |url = http://www.controltowers.co.uk/F/Findo_Gask.htm}}

The woodlands around Findo Gask are known{{By whom|date=March 2021}} to be excellent sites for the collection of truffles, particularly black truffles, and truffle hunters can often be observed there during certain seasons.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Gask House was built here in 1801 designed by Richard Crichton a pupil of Robert Adam.Dictionary of Scottish Architects