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Encyclopedia > Gowrie

Gowrie (Scottish Gaelic, Gobharaidh) otherwise the Carse of Gowrie consists of a stretch of low-lying country in Perthshire in Scotland, stretching for about 24km along the north shore of the Firth of Tay between the Perth and Dundee. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Perthshire is an traditional county in central Scotland, which extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... The Firth of Tay is a firth in Scotland between the regions of Fife and City of Dundee into to which Scotlands largest river in terms of flow, the River Tay empties. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Map sources for Dundee at grid reference NO404301 Dundee is Scotlands fourth largest city, population 154,674 (2001), situated on the North bank of the Firth of Tay. ...


Its main villages are:

  • Errol
  • Inchture
  • Longforgan
  • Leetown
  • Glencarse

There are a number of uses of the name Errol: Errol is a male first name, the most famous of whom was probably Errol Flynn, a famous actor in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. ...

External Link

The area's website (http://www.carseofgowrie.com/)


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