The historic county of Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) was until 1975 a county of Scotland. In 1996 the name was revived for the modern council area of Aberdeenshire, which has different boundaries. The county bordered Banffshire and Inverness-shire to the west, Perthshire, Angus and Kincardineshire to the south, and the North Sea to the north and east. This area (excluding Aberdeen itself) is retained as a Lieutenancy Area. It had a coast-line of 65 miles (105 km), and was the sixth Scottish county in ...

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• Aberdeenshire historic - 1911
• Aberdeenshire historic - Description
• Aberdeenshire historic - Geology
• Aberdeenshire historic - Flora and fauna
• Aberdeenshire historic - Climate and agriculture
• Aberdeenshire historic - Fisheries
• Aberdeenshire historic - Other industries
• Aberdeenshire historic - Communications
• Aberdeenshire historic - Population and government
• Aberdeenshire historic - History

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