Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Coul

Coul, a mansion in Contin parish, SE Ross-shire, a little NE of the parish church. Built in 1821, it is a handsome edifice, with finely-wooded policies; its owner, Sir Arthur-Geo. -Ramsay Mackenzie, eleventh Bart, since 1673 (b. 1865; suc. 1873), holds 43,189 acres in the shire, valued at £5215 per annum.


(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: Ross Shire County
Place: Coul

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