Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Glentarken

Glentarken, a glen in Comrie parish, Perthshire, descending from an altitude of 1150 feet 2 miles south-by-eastward to Loch Earn (306 feet) at a point 1 ¾ mile W by N of St Fillans. It contains a huge monolith, the ' Great Stone of Glentarken. '-Ord. Sur.,, sh 47, 1869.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a glen"   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Administrative units: Comrie Parish       Perthshire County

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