River Earn
The River Earn in Scotland leaves Loch Earn at St Fillans and runs east through Strathearn, then east and south, joining the River Tay near Abernethy. The Earn is about 74 kilometres long.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Elcho Castle and Pitfour Castle.
Elcho Castle
Castle
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Elcho Castle is located close to the south bank of the River Tay approximately four miles south-east of Perth, Scotland, in the region of Perth and Kinross. Elcho Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of River Earn.
Pitfour Castle
Manor estate
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Pitfour Castle is an 18th-century country house situated on the southeast edge of the village of St Madoes in the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. Pitfour Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of River Earn.
Mugdrum Island
Island
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Mugdrum Island lies in the Firth of Tay on the east coast of Scotland, opposite the town of Newburgh in Fife. It is low-lying and reedy, and covers an area of 55.7 acres. Mugdrum Island is situated 2½ miles east of River Earn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abernethy and St Madoes.
Abernethy
Village
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Abernethy is a village and former burgh in the Perth and Kinross council area and historic county of Perthshire, in the east central Lowlands of Scotland.
St Madoes
Village
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St Madoes is a village in the Carse of Gowrie, Scotland. It was developed near Pitfour Castle. It is believed that there have been settlements since around 1000 AD based on discoveries of several standing stones and the St Madoes stone, a well-preserved Pictish cross. St Madoes is situated 2 miles north of River Earn.
Cottown
Village
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Cottown is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, east of the village of St.Madoes and approximately 8 miles east of Perth. This area is in the Carse of Gowrie, and Cottown sits on a bank a rich alluvial soil to the north of the Firth of Tay between Perth and Dundee. Cottown is situated 2 miles northeast of River Earn.
River Earn
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK, flows into the Inner Tay Estuary
- 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 Swedish—“River Earn” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Earn”
- Basque: “Earn ibaia”
- Cebuano: “River Earn”
- Chinese: “厄恩河”
- Croatian: “Earn”
- Dutch: “Earn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر يارن”
- French: “Earn”
- German: “River Earn”
- Irish: “Uisge Èireann”
- Italian: “Earn”
- Japanese: “アーン川”
- Polish: “Earn”
- Scots: “River Earn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Uisge Èireann”
- Serbian: “Ерн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Earn”
- Swedish: “River Earn”
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