River Gaur
The River Gaur is a river in Perthshire which enters Loch Rannoch.Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK, flows into Loch Rannoch
- Also known as: “Abhain Gaoire”, “Abhainn Gamhar”, “Abhainn Ghamhair”, “Garbh Ghaoir”, “Gauer”, “Gauer River”, “Ghaoir”, and “Uisge Ghamhair”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Braes of Rannoch and Rannoch Power Station.
Braes of Rannoch
Church
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Braes of Rannoch is a hill with a deserted hamlet and church in Perthshire. The hamlet was formerly, briefly, called Georgetown, as the redcoat barracks of Jacobite rising of 1745 were then known, then known as Bridge of Rannoch, or Bridge of Gaur, after the bridge on the River Gaur.
Rannoch Power Station
Power station
Photo: Paul Hookway, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rannoch Power Station is situated 2 miles northeast of River Gaur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridge of Gaur.
River Gaur
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“River Gaur” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Gaur”
- Breton: “Abhainn Gamhar”
- Breton: “Abhainn Ghamhair”
- Breton: “Uisge Ghamhair”
- Cebuano: “River Gaur”
- Cornish: “Abhainn Gamhar”
- Cornish: “Abhainn Ghamhair”
- Cornish: “Uisge Ghamhair”
- German: “Gaur”
- Irish: “Abhainn Gamhar”
- Irish: “Abhainn Ghamhair”
- Irish: “Uisge Ghamhair”
- Manx: “Abhainn Gamhar”
- Manx: “Abhainn Ghamhair”
- Manx: “Uisge Ghamhair”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Gamhar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Abhainn Ghamhair”
- Scottish Gaelic: “River Gaur”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Uisge Ghamhair”
- Swedish: “River Gaur”
- Welsh: “Abhainn Gamhar”
- Welsh: “Abhainn Ghamhair”
- Welsh: “Afon Gaur”
- Welsh: “Uisge Ghamhair”
- “Abhainn Gamhar”
- “River Gaur - Abhainn Gamhar”
- “Uisge Ghamhair”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Finnart and Camasericht.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eilean Beal na Gaoire and Leagag.
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