A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Dee.-- river, partly of Kincardineshire but chiefly of Aberdeenshire; rises amongst the Cairngorm Mountains, on SW. border of Aberdeenshire, and flows E. past Castleton of Braemar, Ballater, and Aboyne, to the sea at Aberdeen; is 87 miles long, and is still one of the most finely wooded and one of the best fishing rivers in Britain; about 6 miles above Castleton of Braemar it forms a series of cascades called the Linn of Dee.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Aberdeenshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Dee |
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