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loch and See also:river in See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland. The loch, lying almost due See also:east and See also:west, is 6a m. See also:long and m. in maximum breadth, 287 ft. deep, with a mean See also:depth of 138 ft., covers an See also:area of nearly 4 sq. m., has a drainage See also:basin of over 541 sq. m., and stands 317 ft. above the See also:sea. Its See also:waters are said never to freeze. It discharges by the river Earn. The points of See also:interest on its shores are Lochearnhead (at the See also:southern extremity of Glen Ogle), which has a station on the See also:Callander-See also:Oban railway, and the ruins of St See also:Blane's See also:chapel; Edinample See also:Castle, an old turreted See also:mansion belonging to the See also:marquess of See also:Breadalbane, situated in well-wooded grounds near the See also:pretty falls of the Ample; Ardvorlich See also:House, the See also:original of Darlinvarach in See also:Scott's See also:Legend of See also:Montrose, and the See also:village of St Fillans at the See also:foot of the loch, once the See also:terminus of the See also:branch of the Caledonian railway from See also:Perth. The river flows out of Loch Earn, pursues an eastward course with a See also:gentle inclination towards the See also:south, and reaches the See also:Firth of See also:Tay, 62 m. below Perth, after a See also:total run of 49 M. Its See also:chief tributaries on the right are the Ruchil, Machany, See also:Ruthven, May and Farg, and on the See also:left, the Lednock and See also:Turret. It is navigable by vessels of 50 tons as far up as See also:Bridge of Earn, and is a notable fishing stream, abounding with See also:salmon and See also:trout, See also:perch and See also:pike being also plentiful. On the Lednock are the falls of the See also:Devil's Cauldron and on the Turret and its feeders several graceful cascades. The See also:principal places of interest on the See also:banks of the Earn are Dunira, the favourite seat of See also:Henry Dundas, 1st See also:Viscount See also:Melville, who took the See also:title of his See also:barony from the See also:estate and to whose memory an See also:obelisk was raised on the adjoining See also:hill of See also:Dunmore; the village of Comrie; the See also:town of See also:Crieff; the ruined castle of Innerpeffray, founded in 1610 by the 1st See also:Lord Maderty, See also:close to which is the library founded in 1691 by the 3rd Lord Maderty,containing some rare See also:black-See also:letter books and the See also:Bible that be-longed to the marquess of Montrose; Gascon See also:Hall, now in ruins, but with traditions reaching back to the days of See also:Wallace; Dupplin Castle, a See also:fine Tudor mansion, seat of the See also:earl of Kinnoull, who derives from it the title of his viscounty; Aberdalgie, Forgandenny and Bridge of Earn, a See also:health resort situated amidst picturesque surroundings. Strathearn, as the valley of the Earn is called, extending from the loch to the Firth of Tay, is a beautiful and, on the whole, fertile See also:tract, though liable at times to heavy floods. The earl of Perth is hereditary steward of Strathearn.

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