Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Esk, South

Esk, South.-- river, Forfarshire; rises in NW. corner of co., and flows SE. and E. past Brechin to the sea at Montrose; gives the title of earl to a branch of the Carnegies; is 48½ miles long, and has good fishing.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Angus ScoCnty
Place names: ESK     |     ESK SOUTH     |     SOUTH ESK

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