Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Barras

Barras, a decayed old mansion in Dunnottar parish, Kincardineshire, 3½ miles SSW of Stonehaven. It was the seat of the Ogilvies, whose ancestor governed and defended Dunnottar Castle in the time of Cromwell, but it is now an ordinary farm-house.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a decayed old mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Dunnottar ScoP       Kincardineshire ScoCnty

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