ALYTH, a town on the eastern borders of Perthshire, in a parish of the same name, situated in the valley of Strathmore, 13 miles west of Forfar. It is tolerably well built, and contains a handsome parish church, and also Free, United Presbyterian, and Scottish Episcopal churches. The chief industrial employments are linen manufacturing and wool spinning, and there is a fair nearly every month. Alyth was created a burgh of barony by James HL Population in 1871, 2134.