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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Rammerscales, a modern mansion in Dalton parish, Dumfriesshire, 3½ miles S of Lochmaben. Standing on a high eastward slope of the Torthorwald Hills, and surrounded with a fine expanse of hanging wood, it commands a view of the greater part of Annandale. Its owner, William Bell Macdonald, Esq. (b. 1845; suc. 1862), holds 1050 acres in the shire, valued at £1188 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 10, 1864.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | Dalton ScoP Dumfries Shire ScoCnty |
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