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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 303 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOWRIE , a See also:

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

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