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Coreen Hills, a mountainous range along the north-western border of the Howe or Vale of Alford, Aberdeenshire, culminating in Lord Arthur's Cairn (1699 feet), on the mutual boundary of Alford and Tullynessle parishes, 5 miles WNW of Alford village. Their laminar mica-slate, of a brownish-black colour, has long been worked.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a mountainous range" (ADL Feature Type: "mountain ranges") |
Administrative units: | Aberdeenshire ScoCnty |
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