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Stonehaven, seaport and co. town of Kincardineshire-Dunnottar and Fetteresso pars., on Stonehaven Bay, at the influx of the Carron and the Cowie, 16 miles SW. of Aberdeen by rail, pop. 3957; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 1 newspaper. Market-day, Thursday. It consists of an old and a new town joined by a bridge over the Carron, and has a good harbour and important fisheries.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "seaport" (ADL Feature Type: "harbors") |
| Administrative units: | Kincardineshire County |
| Place: | Stonehaven |
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