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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Morven like this:
Morven, a round-topped felspathic mountain (2862 feet) on the mutual border of Glenmuick and LogieColdstone parishes, SW Aberdeenshire, 5 ¼ miles N of Ballater. The Queen ascended it, with the Princess Alice, on 14 Sept. 1859; and ' the view, ' she writes, ' from it is more magnificent than can be described; so large and yet so near everything seemed, and such seas of mountains with blue lights, and the colour so wonderfully beautiful.'-Ord. Sur., sh. 75, 1876.
Morven is now part of ABERDEENSHIRE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how ABERDEENSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Morven itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Morven in Aberdeenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26904
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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