Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Carse of Gowrie

Carse of Gowrie, fertile alluvial tract, Perthshire and Forfarshire; extends along N. bank of river Tay from Kinnoull Hill, Perthshire, to vicinity of Dundee Forfarshire; 15 miles long and 2 to 4 miles broad.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "fertile alluvial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "floodplains")
Administrative units: Perthshire ScoCnty
Place: Carse of Gowrie

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