COWRIE, a belt of fertile alluvial land (Scotice, "carse"), in Perthshire, Scotland. Occupying the north shore of the Firth of Tay, the Carse of Gowrie extends east of Perth city to the con fines of Dundee. It measures 15 m. in length, and is one of the richest tracts in Perthshire. The district is noteworthy for the number of its castles and mansions, among which may be men tioned Kinfauns castle, Inchyra house, Pitfour castle, Errol park, Megginch castle, dating from 1575; Fingask castle, Kinnaird castle, erected in the 15th century and occupied by James VI. in 1617; Rossie priory, the seat of Lord Kinnaird; and Huntly castle.