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Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 72 - Parish of Peterhead, OS1/1/72

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Aberdeenshire Parish of Peterhead

[continued from previous page] * of the principal entrance, surmounted by a low gable. One or two other arches, of smaller dimensions, are also to be seen, and the entire foundations of the building may yet be traced; but, unless as a type of the family which once occupied it - gone, but still lingering in the memories of the past, - it possesses nothing worthy of notice. The ruin is carefully preserved with that taste and feeling for which the Earl of Aberdeen has always been distinguished. Another trape-dyke in this ravine, and the hornstone porphyry and protogene rocks behind the neighbouring lighthouse, are well worthy of observation.

"Boddam castle was the residence of a branch of the Marischal family; but it is not so ancient as Ravenscraig Castle." Statistical Account P. 354

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county, OS Name Books - Aberdeen county - Volume 72 - Parish of Peterhead, OS1/1/72

This volume contains information on Aberdeenshire place names found in the parish of Peterhead.

Ordnance Survey - Aberdeen county

Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Aberdeen, which is in the north east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.

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