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.
Foudland, an upland tract in Forgue, Insch, and Culsalmond parishes, Aberdeenshire. Flanking the upper basin of the Ury, and extending E and W, it rises to a maximum altitude of 1529 feet above sea-level, and has in main degree a bleak moorish surface. Slates of clear light blue colour and excellent quality abound in the Insch part of it; were long quarried to the amount of nearly a million pieces a year, chiefly for the market of Aberdeen; but ceased to be in high request, principally in consequence of the greater cheapness of sea-borne slates from the quarries of Easdale in Argyllshire.—Ord. Sur., sh. 86,1876.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "an upland tract" (ADL Feature Type: "locations") |
| Administrative units: | Aberdeenshire ScoCnty |
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