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MENTEITH, or MONTEITII

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 146 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MENTEITH, or MONTEITII , a See also:district 9f See also:south See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, roughly comprising the territory between the Teith and the Forth. Formerly it was a stewartry and gave the See also:title to an earldom. The title was first held by Gilchrist, a See also:Celtic See also:chief ennobled by See also:Malcolm IV., and passed successively to See also:Walter See also:Comyn (d. 1258), to a See also:branch of the Stewarts, and finally to the Grahams, becoming See also:extinct in 1694. The See also:lake of Menteith, situated 21 m. S. of See also:Loch Vennachar See also:measures 11 m. See also:long by I m. broad, and contains three islands. On Inchmahome (Gaelic, " the Isle of See also:Rest") are the ruins of an Augustinian priory founded in 1238 by Walter Comyn. It is See also:Early See also:English, with an ornate western See also:doorway. The See also:island was the See also:residence of See also:Queen See also:Mary, when a See also:child of five, for a few months before her departure to See also:France in 1548. On See also:Inch Talla stands the ruined See also:tower of the earls of Menteith, dating from 1428. The See also:village of See also:Port of See also:Monteith (pop. of See also:parish, 1088), on the See also:north See also:shore of the lake, is 31 m. north by See also:west of the station of the same name on the North See also:British Railway See also:Company's Forth & See also:Clyde See also:line.

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