Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Learney

Learney, a large and handsome mansion in Kincardine O'Neil parish, Aberdeenshire, standing 830 feet above sea-level, on the eastern slope of Learney Hill (1150), 2 miles N by E of Torphins station. Accidentally burned in 1838, and then rebuilt, it is the seat of Col. Thomas Innes (b. 1814; suc. 1866), who holds 6923 acres in the shire, valued at £3264 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: "a large and handsome mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Kincardine Oneil ScoP       Aberdeenshire ScoCnty       Kincardineshire ScoCnty

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