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Monboddo House, an old mansion, amid pleasant plantations, in Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire, 1¼ mile E by S of Auchinblae, and 2¼ miles NNW of Fordoun station. It was the birthplace of the judge, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-99), who anticipated Darwin in an evolution theory-of monkeys whose tails wore off with constant sitting. His descendant, James Cumine Burnett, Esq., holds 3000 acres in the shire, valued at £2540 per annum.—Ord. Sur., sh. 66, 1871.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "an old mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Fordoun Parish Kincardineshire County |
| Place: | Monboddo |
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