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34: 62: 69: 282:'s Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland, dating from the mid-1880s, describes Carse of Gowrie as having consisted of a series of isolated mounds, known as inches, surrounded by less well-drained land with stagnant pools still evident in 1760. The word inch, meaning an island, is still present in placenames such as the Inchmichael farms, the castle of Megginch, the village of 326:), and was connected by branch roads to Errol's local harbours on the Tay at Port Allen and Powgavie. Prior to this, according to historian Lawrence Melville, the routes between places were 'mere bridle tracks' and the main way of travelling between Perth and Dundee was on the River Tay by sailing ship or steamboat. 121: 770: 249:
and general fruit growing. Fruit is easy to cultivate in the area because of its southerly aspect and low rainfall. It has been suggested that monks brought new varieties of apples and pears to the area in the
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Rossie Hill is 3.8 miles (6.1 km) to the north, rising to 564 feet (172 m). Nearby, Dron Hill is 4.4 miles (7.1 km) to the north, with a summit of 683 feet (208 m).
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estate, Inchture and Invergowrie. The group aim to develop relationships between communities, local authorities and the Scottish government to address local environmental issues.
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described the Carse in May 1768 thus: "We rode through the pleasant and fruitful Carse of Gowry, a plain 15 or 16 miles (24 or 26 kilometres) long, between the
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for roofing at works at Inchcoonans, Falla, Pitfour and Waterybutts. Some older buildings in the area were built of clay and a few survive.
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A great turnpike road was built through the Carse between Perth and Dundee in about 1800 (now the
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The Errol Clay formations were exploited extensively from the nineteenth century to make
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parish congregations with a ministry team (Abernyte, Inchture, Kinnaird and Longforgan
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classes in church and village halls, primary schools and other social spaces.
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line through the Carse with stations at or near several villages including
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Official Guide to Perth and Its Neighbourhood by the Tramway Car Routes
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are involved in Carse-wide environmental projects such as the
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was created by Act of Parliament on 31 July 1845 and built a
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and there may have been vineyards growing on slopes near the
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is a stretch of low-lying country in the southern part of
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soils made the Carse a good place to settle and farm.
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and the mountains, very thickly inhabited, to Perth".
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is a voluntary group founded in 1995 which organises
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period the Carse of Gowrie was under water. Fertile
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Kinnaird
River Tay
Fife
Carse of Gowrie is located in Scotland
Scotland
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK
Scotland
56°24′42″N 3°10′06″W / 56.41172°N 3.16847°W / 56.41172; -3.16847
Gowrie
Perth and Kinross
Firth of Tay
Perth
Dundee
strawberry
raspberry
Middle Ages
River Tay
glacial
Mesolithic
fluvioglacial

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