Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Esk, North

Esk, North.-- river, Forfarshire; is formed by the confluence of the Lee and the Mark at Invermark, Lochlee par., and flows SE. (partly along the Kincardine border) to the sea 4 miles NE. of Montrose; gives the title of earl to a branch of the Carnegies; is 29 miles long, and has salmon and trout.


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

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

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