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Loch Earn Gaelic: Loch Eire/Loch Eireann or Loch of Ireland
A freshwater loch west of Crieff in Perthshire and is a long narrow loch, and approximately 10.5 km long, 1.2
km at its widest point and its deepest point(approximately halfway along).
From here, the River Earn flows eastwards from the loch, through Strathearn, and eventually joins the Firth of Tay some 75 km away.
The name may derive from the time when the Gaels were expanding their kingdom of Dal Riata eastwards into Pictland.
- Type:
- Landmark