Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Inverernan

Inverernan, a mansion in Strathdon parish, SW Aberdeenshire, near the left bank of the Don and the right of confluent Ernan Water, 18 miles SSW of Rhynie. As altered and enlarged about 1825, it presents the appearance of a modern villa, in the Italian style. Its owner, Lieut. -Gen. Sir John Forbes, K.C.B. (b. 1817; suc. 1848), holds 15, 336 acres in the shire, valued at £866 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 75, 1876.


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

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Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Strathdon ScoP       Aberdeenshire ScoCnty

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