Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pittodrie

Pittodrie, an old mansion in Chapel of Garioch parish, Aberdeenshire, on the north-eastern slope of Bennachie, 1 mile SW of Pitcaple station. Its owner, Hy. Wm. Knight Erskine, Esq. (b. 1858; suc. 1870), holds 3270 acres in the shire, valued at £4250 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 76, 1874.


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

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Feature Description: "an old mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Aberdeenshire ScoCnty

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