Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Camster

Camster, a mansion in Latheron parish, SE Caithness, 4 miles N of Lybster. The late owner, Leonard Strong, Esq. (1833-79), held 4337 acres in the shire, valued at £300 per annum. Camster fairs are held on the first Tuesday of January and the last Tuesday of March.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Latheron Parish       Caithness County

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