. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. 422 DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY. Pakt Lochlcven Caslle. noted for its situation on the shores of Lochleven. This is a little lake, of considerable beauty, having, on an island in its cen-tre, a castle, {Jig. 196.), anciently ofgreat strength, and noted in liistory,even before it acquired the romanticinterest derived from the imprisonmentof Mary, and her adventurous a square turreted building andone of the walls of the chapel now re-main. On another island ar
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. 422 DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY. Pakt Lochlcven Caslle. noted for its situation on the shores of Lochleven. This is a little lake, of considerable beauty, having, on an island in its cen-tre, a castle, {Jig. 196.), anciently ofgreat strength, and noted in liistory,even before it acquired the romanticinterest derived from the imprisonmentof Mary, and her adventurous a square turreted building andone of the walls of the chapel now re-main. On another island are the tracesof a very ancient and considerable is a pleasant littlecounty, witii a considerable extent offine carse land, and great quautities ofcoal and lime. The town of Clackmannan is distinguished for the beauty of its to it is an ancient tower, built by Robert the Bruce. Alloa, two miles farther down,is a thriving little place, in whose vicinity are mines of coal, of which about 35,000 tons areannually exported. Forfar, more usually termed Angus, is of somewhat rough aspect, the western borderbeing encroached upo
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