Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dinnet

Dinnet, quoad sacra par. and sta. on Deeside Ry., Aboyne and Glentanner par., Aberdeenshire, pop. 311; P.O.; the sta. is 4½ miles W. of Aboyne; Dinnet Burn (generally considered the natural line between the Highlands and Lowlands of Deeside) issues from Loch Davan, and flows. 2 miles SE. to the Dee; the Muir of Dinnet, a dismal tract, containing several cairns and vestiges of ancient warfare, stretches between Dinnet sta. and Cambus O'May sta., 2½ miles SW.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "quoad sacra parish and station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Aberdeenshire ScoCnty
Place: Dinnet

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