SMITHYHAUGH, a village, in the parish of AuchTERARDER,
county of Perth, S^ miles (E.) from the
town of Auchterarder; containing 391 inhabitants^ This
village, which within the last few years has rapidly increased
in extent and population, is beautifully situated
on the banks of the river Ruthven, and in that part of
the parish which was anciently the parish of Aberuthven,
now annexed to Auchterarder. The inhabitants are
chiefly employed in hand-loom weaving for the manufacturers
of Glasgow, and in the woollen-manufacture,
for which there is a small factory on the river for shawls,
blankets, and similar articles. On the same stream are
numerous mills, as noticed in the account of the parish;
from which circumstance the village probably derived its
previous appellation of Miltown.