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Collace is a parish in Perthshire, Scotland, lying 8 miles north-east of Perth, in the Carse of Gowrie district. The parish boundary includes the neighbouring villages of Kinrossie and Saucher.
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Map of Collace, Perth, UK
The traditional industries of the area are farming, quarrying (sandstone) and weaving, but the latter is now gone.
Dunsinane Hill, mentioned in Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, is located near Collace. King's Seat, a low hill east of the village, is marked romantically on older maps as "Macbeth's Castle".
Bandirran Stone Circle stands just south of the village.
Buildings
Collace parich church was built as a Free Church in 1854 but changed to the Church of Scotland in 1929. It was originally known as the Burrelton Free Church and later as Buerrelton and Cargill. Its stained glass is by William Meigle & Son.
The chief mansion house is Dunsinnan House, former seat of the extinct Nairne of Dunsinnan baronetcy.