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Rattray.

A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1845).

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  1. A small town and former burgh, now a part of the town of Blairgowrie and Rattray, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1845).

  2. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from the place name.

Where this word comes from

From Pictish, probably equivalent to Welsh rhawdd (“fortress”) + tref (“village”).

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