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AIRLIE, parish on west border of Forfarshire, midway between Kirriemuir and Alyth. Post town, Kirriemuir. Length, 6 miles ; greatest breadth, 4 miles ; area, 8923 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 11,092. Pop. 844. The surface is partly low ground within Strathmore, and partly a series of ridges, rising thence to an extreme altitude of about 510 feet. Airlie Castle, the seat of the Earl of Airlie, stands in the north-west corner, crowns a rocky promontory at the influx of Melgum rivulet to the Isla, is an elegant modern edifice, and retains vestiges of the 'Bonnie House o' Airlie,' celebrated in song. Lindertis House and F>aikie House also are modern. The churches are Established and Free ; and there are 2 public schools for Airlie, and another for it and part of Kirriemuir.
