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Encyclopedia Britannica



GOWRIE

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 303 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GOA-GRA
GOWRIE , a belt of fertile alluvial land (Scotice, " carse ") of Perthshire,
Scotland
 . Occupying the northern shore of the Firth of Tay, it has a generally north-easterly trend and extends from the eastern boundaries of
Perth
  city to the confines of Dundee. It
measures
  15 M. in length, its breadth from the river towards the base of the Sidlaw Hills varying from 2 to 4 M. Probably it is a raised beach, submerged until a comparatively
recent
  period. Although it contained much bog land and stagnant water as
late
  as the 18th century, it has since been drained and cultivated, and is now one of the most productive tracts in Perthshire. The
district
  is noteworthy for the number of its castles and mansions, almost wholly residential, among which may be mentioned Kinfauns Castle, Inchyra
House
 , Pitfour Castle, Errol Park, Megginch Castle, dating from 1575; Fingask Castle, Kinnaird Castle, erected in the 15th century and occupied by James VI. in 1617; Rossie Priory, the seat of Lord Kinnaird; and
Huntly
  Castle, built by the 3rd
earl
  of Kinghorne.


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