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Gowrie

viewed from Craigie Hill. The River Tay and Friarton Bridge are both visible. looking towards Dundee Castle on the island in Loch of Clunie, where the kings of the Scots kept a hunting lodge connected with their manor at Strathardle Gowrie ( ) is a region in central Scotland and one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It covered the eastern part of what became Perthshire. It was located to the immediate east of Atholl, and originally included the area around Perth (and the ancient Scottish royal sites of Scone), though that was later detached as Perthia. Its chief settlement is the city of Perth. Today it is most often associated with the Carse of Gowrie, the part of Gowrie south of the Sidlaw Hills running east of Perth to Dundee.

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viewed from Craigie Hill. The River Tay and Friarton Bridge are both visible. looking towards Dundee Castle on the island in Loch of Clunie, where the kings of the Scots kept a hunting lodge connected with their manor at Strathardle Gowrie ( ) is a region in central Scotland and one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It covered the eastern part of what became Perthshire. It was located to the immediate east of Atholl, and originally included the area around Perth (and the ancient Scottish royal sites of Scone), though that was later detached as Perthia. Its chief settlement is the city of Perth. Today it is most often associated with the Carse of Gowrie, the part of Gowrie south of the Sidlaw Hills running east of Perth to Dundee.

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