Agriculture and Industry

Strathmore occupies a transitional landscape, sitting just south of the Highland Boundary and poised between Highland and Lowland Scotland. 

The agricultural land around Meigle and Ardler is fertile and productive, and as a result, agriculture has always been the main industry in the area.  

However, the low-lying fields are prone to flooding, and during the 18th and early 19th centuries the lands around Meigle were enclosed and subdivided, sheep were removed from arable ground, marl was spread to restore fertility and drainage systems were introduced in a feat of enterprise that was at the same time both ruthless and remarkable.