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Ordie, Loch, a lake in Dunkeld and Dowally parish, Perthshire, 6 miles N of Dunkeld. Lying 980 feet above sea-level, it has an utmost length and breadth of 5 and 31/3 furlongs, sends off Dowally Burn to the Tay, and contains abundance of fine large trout. On 12 Oct. 1865 the Queen, with the Princess Helena and the Duchess of Athole, ` took a short row on Loch Ordie, which looked extremely pretty, wooded to the water's edge and skirted by distant hills.'-Ord. Sur., sh. 56, l870.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a lake" (ADL Feature Type: "lakes") |
Administrative units: | Dunkeld and Dowally ScoP Perthshire ScoCnty |
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