Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tarf, Water of

Tarf, Water of, a trout-stream of Lochlee parish, N Forfarshire, rising close to the Aberdeenshire border at an altitude of 2100 feet, and running 73/8 miles south-south-eastward, till, after a descent of 1420 feet, it falls into the North Esk, ½ mile below Tarfside village.—Ord. Sur., sh. 66, 1871.


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

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Feature Description: "a trout-stream"   (ADL Feature Type: "streams")
Administrative units: Lochlee Parish       Aberdeenshire County       Angus County

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