"Perthshire, east-midland co. of Scotland, bounded N. by Inverness-shire
and Aberdeenshire, E. by Forfarshire, SE. by Fife and Kinross-shire, S.
by Clackmannanshire and Stirlingshire, SW. by Stirlingshire and Dumbartonshire,
and W. by Argyllshire; greatest length, E. and W., 72 miles; greatest breadth,
N. and S., 60 miles; the detached portion (lying along the upper reach of
the Firth of Forth, and separated from the main body by a belt of Fife and
Clackmannanshire) is 6½ miles by 4½ miles; area, 1,617,808 ac.; pop. 129,007.
Perthshire includes some of the grandest and most beautiful scenery in Scotland,
combining features characteristic both of the Highlands and the Lowlands." from John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British
Isles 1887
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