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.
Ochtertyre, a mansion in Kincardine parish, Perthshire, near the right bank of the Teith, 4½ miles NW of Stirling, and 4 ¼ SE of Doune. It was the residence of John Ramsay (d. 1814), the associate of Dr Blacklock, Robert Burns, and Sir Walter Scott; and later was the seat of the Right Hon. Sir David Dundas, Q.C. (1799-1877), Liberal M.P. for Sutherland 1840-52 and 1861-67. His nephew, Colin Mackenzie Dundas, Esq. (b. 1842; suc. 1879), holds 984 acres in the shire, valued at £1231, 7s. per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 39, 1868.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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