Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Glenogilvie

Glenogilvie, an estate in Glamis parish, Forfarshire. Bestowed on the Ogilvies about 1163, it belonged in the 17th century to the famous Graham of Claverhouse, reverted then to the Douglases, and, in 1871, was sold by the Countess of Home to the Earl of Strathmore. See Glamis.


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

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Feature Description: "an estate"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Glamis ScoP       Angus ScoCnty

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