Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Glassaugh

Glassaugh, a mansion in Fordyce parish, Banffshire, 2½ miles WSW of Portsoy. Much enlarged in the first half of the present century, it is the property of Robert W. Duff, Esq-, M.P., of Fetteresso, who succeeded his father, Arthur Duff Abercromby, Esq., in 1859, and holds 2671 acres in Banffshire, valued at £2347 per annum.-Ord. Su r., sh. 96, 1876.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Fordyce ScoP       Banffshire ScoCnty
Place: Glassaugh

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