Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Tummel

Tummel, river and loch, Perthshire; the river issues from the E. end of Loch Rannoch, and flows 29 miles E. and SE. to a confluence with the Tay near Ballinluig Junction; the loch is formed by an expansion (2¾ miles long) of the river, 7½ miles NW. of Pitlochry; 3 miles NW. of Pitlochry are the Falls of Tummel (20 ft.).


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Perthshire ScoCnty
Place: Tummel

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