Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Menteith

Menteith, dist., in SW. of Perthshire; comprises all the Perthshire basin of the Forth W. of the Ochils except Balquhidder par., and is about 28 miles long and 15 miles broad; Menteith formerly gave the title of earl to the family of Graham.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Perthshire ScoCnty
Place: Menteith

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