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In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Cawdor like this:
Cawdor, par. and vil.-- par., partly in Inverness-shire but chiefly in Nairnshire, 29,366 ac., pop. 1070; vil., in co. and 5½ miles SW. of Nairn; P.O. Adjacent is Cawdor Castle (1454), seat of the Earl of Cawdor, a fine specimen of the true baronial castle of feudal times. The legend that King Duncan was murdered here is wholly without historical foundation.
Cawdor is now part of HIGHLAND Council. Click here for graphs and data of how HIGHLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cawdor itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cawdor, in Highland and Nairnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17102
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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