River Earn
River Earn Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Èireann | |
---|---|
![]() The River Earn viewed from Forteviot bridge. | |
Location | |
Country | Scotland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | St Fillans |
• location | Loch Earn, Perth and Kinross, Scotland |
• coordinates | 56°23′27″N 4°06′44″W / 56.3907°N 4.1122°W |
• elevation | 99 m (325 ft) |
Mouth | Firth of Tay, North Sea |
• location | Between Perth and Newburgh, Fife, Scotland |
• coordinates | 56°21′N 3°19′W / 56.350°N 3.317°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 74 km (46 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | River Lednock |
• right | River Farg |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Earnconfluence.jpg/220px-Earnconfluence.jpg)
The River Earn (
Near to the River Earn lay the ancient
.Leisure and tourism
The river is popular for walking, and the banks are accessible at many points. One of the most popular walks is a route along the north bank at Crieff known as Lady Mary's Walk.[1]
Fishing
Fishing is available on many sections of the river.[1] The Earn forms part of the area of the Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board,[2] the statutory body that controls and manages stocks of salmon and trout along all rivers within the Tay catchment area.[3] Fishing permits are issued by the individual estates for each section of the river.[4] The River Earn Improvement Association, a voluntary organisation composed of fishing rights holders and local angling clubs, works to improve fish stocks in the river. As part of this work the association has gradually purchased the rights to undertaken commercial salmon fishing with fixed nets at locations on the Earn. The association does not exercise these rights, and purchased them in order to improve salmon numbers in the river. By 2005 all commercial netting had been eliminated from the Earn.[5]
River Earn National Scenic Area
The section of the river between
The original 1978 report that led to the area being designated as a national scenic area noted:
This upper part of Strathearn lies at the conjunction of highland and lowland scenery and the variety of landscape elements that derive from this combination result in a very distinctive character of pleasing appearance. There is a strong textured pattern resulting from the variety of vegetation and landform. The hillsides are punctuated by rocky outcrops and patterned with heather, bracken, grass or plantation. The valley has a strong sense of enclosure though the hills are not high. There is an intimacy of scale reinforced by the strong human influence of well managed farmland and woodland but the hill tops have a wild rugged character. Plantations make a major contribution to the scene, the shape and extent of afforested areas respecting and relating well to the natural landform. There are very fine strands of broadleaved trees in the form of woodlands, parklands and hedgerow plantings, and the river is alternatively swift and leisurely, open-meadowed or alder enclosed. Buildings are generally traditional in appearance and in tune with their surroundings. This is a landscape of great harmony.
— Scottish Natural Heritage (1978)[8]
References
- ^ a b "River Earn". VisitScotland.com. 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Tay District Map". Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board. 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "The Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board". Tay District Salmon Fisheries Board. 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "Tay - FAQs". FishPal Ltd. May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "History". River Earn Improvement Association. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "National Scenic Areas". NatureScot. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "River Earn (Comrie to St Fillans) NSA". NatureScot. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- ^ "The special qualities of the National Scenic Areas" (PDF). Scottish Natural Heritage. 2010. pp. 121–126. Retrieved 17 May 2018.