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.
Dun Alastair or Mount Alexander, a fine modern Scottish Baronial mansion in Fortingall parish, Perthshire, on the left bank of the Tummel, 3 miles E of Kinloch Rannoch, and 17 W of Pitlochry. Its predecessor was the seat of the Struan Robertsons, and it owes much of its ornamental planting to the Jacobite poetchieftain of Clan Donnachie, Alexander Robertson (16701749), the prototype of Scott's ` Baron of Bradwardine. ' The present house was built by Gen. Sir John Macdonald, K. C. B. (1788-1866). There is a post and telegraph office of Dun Alastair. See Dalchosnie.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a fine modern Scottish Baronial mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Fortingall ScoP Perthshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | DUN ALASTAIR | DUN ALASTAIR OR MOUNT ALEXANDER | MOUNT ALEXANDER |
| Place: | Dunalastair |
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