Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mar

Mar, ancient dist. of Aberdeenshire, between the Dee and the Don, sub-divided into Braemar, Midmar, and Cromar; it gives the title of Earl to the family of Erskine.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient district"
Administrative units: Aberdeenshire ScoCnty
Place: Mar

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