St Martins is a parish in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, just north of the Sidlaws range of hills, about north-northeast of Perth and northwest of Balbeggie.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901) The parish is named for Martin of Tours, of Lower Hungary.Historic Scenes in Perthshire, William Marshall, 1880 (p. 249)
Perth Airport, at Scone, is to the south, and the parish is beneath the climb-out of aircraft departing from runway 03.STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES, Perth Airport EGPT – Perth Airport, 24 April 2018
The parish is mentioned in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, in a scene in which the title character meets with two witches on a moor in the parish. The location is marked by today's Witches' Stone.Historic Scenes in Perthshire, William Marshall, 1880 (p. 250)
Notable people William Davidson Bissett, recipient of the Victoria Cross William Macdonald Mackenzie, architect, was born in the parishWilliam Macdonald Mackenzie - Dictionary of Scottish Architects John Simpson, recipient of the Victoria Cross
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