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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, the valley of the River Earn. There are nearby remains associated with the Roman Road to the south〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland )〕 and the Roman Frontier〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Roman Gask Project )〕 on the Gask Ridge. The area was associated with the family of Laurence Oliphant〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography )〕 and his daughter, the songwriter Lady Nairne, was born there.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Historic Scotland )〕 During the Second World War, units of the Polish Army were stationed at Findo Gask Airfield (now disused).〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=controltowers.co.uk )〕 The woodlands around Findo Gask are known to be excellent sites for the collection of truffles, particularly black truffles, and truffle hunters can often be observed there during certain seasons. Gask House was built here in 1801 designed by Richard Crichton a pupil of Robert Adam.〔Dictionary of Scottish Architects〕 ==Derivation== ''Gask'' refers to the nearby Gask Ridge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland )〕 In Scottish Gaelic, a ''gasg'' is a projecting tail or strip of land. The name is shared with other local places including Nether Gask Cottage and Trinity Gask.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland )〕 ''Findo'' is a reference to Fynnoga or Findoca,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=scotsites.co.uk )〕 a saint commemorated in the area. The village was once known as ''Fyndogask''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Findo Gask」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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