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The Aberdeenshire West constituency is an affluent rural constituency located along the western side of the Aberdeenshire council area. To the south of the constituency is Royal Deeside, located along the Valleys of the River Dee, which includes the affluent towns of Aboyne and Banchory and their surrounding rural areas.
Holyrood Park (also called the King's Park or Queen's Park depending on the reigning monarch's gender) is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It is open to the public.
1654 map covering "Aberdonia & Banfia" Topographic map of Aberdeenshire and Moray. Aberdeenshire has a rich prehistoric and historical heritage. It is the locus of a large number of Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeological sites, including Longman Hill, Kempstone Hill, Catto Long Barrow and Cairn Lee.
In 1868, the constituency of Aberdeenshire was divided into Aberdeenshire Eastern and Aberdeenshire Western divisions. These continued as constituencies until 1918, when the county of Aberdeenshire and the county of Kincardineshire were treated as if a single county for parliamentary representation purposes, with the area of the former Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire constituencies being ...
The Holyrood constituency covered a southern portion of the Aberdeenshire council area. The rest of the Aberdeenshire area was covered by two other constituencies, both also in the North East Scotland electoral region: Gordon was to the north of the West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine constituency, and Banff and Buchan was further north.
Spahill is the eastern part of the SAC and forms part of an escarpment which connects the Slieveardagh Hills with the Castlecomer Plateau.Spahill is mostly limestone which is exposed in ledges and flat sheets and Clomantagh Hill has a geology which is quite similar to that of Spahill but the summit has an exposure of the overlying sandstone, this looks different from the limestone as it ...
The Scottish Parliament Building with Calton Hill in the background. Comprising an area of 1.6 ha (4 acres), with a perimeter of 480 m (1570 ft), [13] the Scottish Parliament Building is located 1 km (0.6 mi) east of Edinburgh city centre on the edge of the Old Town. [14]
Aberdeenshire West / West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (1999–2011) Rumbles: Robertson: Burnett: Angus (1999–2011) Welsh: Angus North and Mearns (2011-) Don: Gougeon: Angus South (2011-) Dey: Banffshire and Buchan Coast / Banff and Buchan (1999–2011) Salmond: Stevenson: Adam: Dundee City East / Dundee East (1999–2011) McAllion: Robison