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Drakies is a small housing estate on the outskirts of Inverness, Scotland, [1] [2] lying immediately south of the former Inverness-shire village of Culcabock.Both these areas are now suburbs of the city of Inverness.
Lady Carnarvon set up Balchurn (Home Farm) as a model dairy farm, which remained active into the 1950s. [3] Alexander Williamson bought the Alvie Estate from Lady Carnarvon in 1927, primarily for its field sports, and the Dalraddy Estate in 1929. The family also had land holdings in Angus. Around the time of Alexander Williamson's death in 1930 ...
Widely credited as the one-time largest sheep farmer in Europe, Cameron owned seven farms in Fife and West Perthshire.He sold the five farms in Fife, covering 37,000 acres (150 km 2), in 2006 to the Edinmore Group, a subsidiary of Caledonian Investments, while still retaining two farms in West Perthshire at Glen Lochay and Ivermearan.
Ardross (Scottish Gaelic: Àird Rois, high-point of [Easter] Ross) [1] is a rural area in the Highland region of Scotland, 30 miles (48 km) north of the nearest city, Inverness. Ardross lies near the B9176 , 10 miles (16 km) inland from the east-coast town of Alness and progressively becomes more mountainous to the west and north.
Holm is a small residential area in the south of the city of Inverness, Scotland. The area lies east of the River Ness. The most prominent structure in the vicinity is the Holm Mills. The mill is known for its contribution to the Caledonian Canal, by weaving a cloth to prevent the embankments from leaking. Until recently, tartan was still being ...
The Dunecht Estate is one of the largest private estates in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at 53,000 acres (210 km 2). It is owned by The Hon Charles Anthony Pearson, the younger son of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray. Dunecht's business interests include farming (in hand and let farms), forestry, field sports, minerals, let houses, commercial lets and tourism.
It is in the Highland council area of Scotland. The name is from the Gaelic for "the large fortified dwelling". [1] Houses in Raigmore estate. All formerly part of the Raigmore estate, the southern part of Raigmore is now the location of Raigmore Hospital, the main hospital for Inverness and the Highlands. The northern part is now a housing ...
Much of Glenurquhart was part of the Balmacaan Estate [3] [4] (also known as the Glen Urquhart Estate) [5] owned by the Grant family of Seafield between 1509 and 1946. [3] [4] The estate was rented to the wealthy American industrialist and local benefactor Bradley Martin in the late 19th and early 20th century [6] and flourished in the 1880s and 1890s, but went into decline after the 1920s.