A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Athole.-- dist., N. Perthshire, at S. base of Grampian mountains, area 450 sq. m. It is one of the best Scotch hunting dists., its forest containing 100,000 ac., in which red-deer and roe-deer are estimated to number over 8000 head. The ducal title, herd by the ancient house of Murray, was created in 1703.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Perthshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Atholl |
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