Geography
Gowrie contains some of the best farmland in the whole of Scotland, a key to explaining its importance in Scottish history. The Carse of Gowrie, the southern part of the region, has traditionally been called the "Garden of Scotland".
Coupar, the location of Coupar Angus Abbey, lay at the borders of Angus with Gowrie, originally on the Gowrie side. Blairgowrie, "Plain of Gowrie", was recorded as "Blair in Gowrie" in 1604, and presumably the Blair ("plain") element has -gowrie attached to it to distinguish it from Blair in Atholl, i.e. Blair Atholl. Abernethy, where the cross of MacDuff marked the boundary of the kindred, was probably the boundary between Fothriff and Gowrie.
The following is a list of modern settlements and places of interest in the province:
- Abernyte
- Alyth
- Balhousie
- Ballindean
- Bankfoot
- Benvie
- Blair or Blairgowrie
- Cambusmichael
- Cargill
- Clunie
- Coupar Angus
- Collace
- Craigdallie
- Dunbarney (also Pottie)
- Dunsinane
- Errol
- Forteviot
- Fowlis
- Inchtuthill
- Inchture
- Inchyra
- Inveralmond
- Kilspindie
- Kinclaven
- Kinfauns
- Kinnaird
- Kinnoull
- Kirkmichael
- Longforgan (also Forgan or Forgrund)
- Luncarty
- Meikleour
- Methven
- Perth
- Rait
- Redgorton
- Rhynd
- Rossie (also Rossinclerach)
- Ruthven
- Scone
- St Madoes (or Cairnie)
- Strathardle
Forteviot, physically on the Earn, was included in the St Andrews deanery of Gowrie not in Strathearn (diocese of Dunblane). It is unclear if Gowrie was thought to include places such as Dunkeld or the province of Stormont; it is likely that Gowrie's boundaries may have conceptually fluctuated according to various political changes over time.
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