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The Best Attractions In Abernethy

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The Best Attractions In Abernethy

  • 1. Museum of Abernethy Abernethy
    This is a list of natural history museums, also known as museums of natural history, i.e. museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology. Some museums feature natural-history collections in addition to other collections, such as ones related to history, art and science. In addition, nature centers often include natural-history exhibits.
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  • 2. Abernethy Round Tower Abernethy
    Abernethy is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, situated 8 mi south-east of Perth. The village's name is not Scots nor Gaelic, but 'Caledonian Welsh' from a period when lowlands of future Scotland were controlled by Welsh or Brythonic speaking Brythons. 'Aber' meaning 'confluence' of the 'Nethy' , the earliest recorded form being Apurnethige. The Nethy Burn flows down from the Ochil Hills past the present village.
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  • 3. Glamis Castle Glamis
    Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public. Glamis Castle has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, though the present building dates largely from the 17th century. Glamis was the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, wife of King George VI. Their second daughter, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was born there. The castle is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
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  • 7. New Lanark World Heritage Village Lanark
    New Lanark is a village on the River Clyde, approximately 1.4 miles from Lanark, in Lanarkshire, and some 25 miles southeast of Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1786 by David Dale, who built cotton mills and housing for the mill workers. Dale built the mills there in a brief partnership with the English inventor and entrepreneur Richard Arkwright to take advantage of the water power provided by the only waterfalls on the River Clyde. Under the ownership of a partnership that included Dale's son-in-law, Robert Owen, a Welsh philanthropist and social reformer, New Lanark became a successful business and an early example of a planned settlement and so an important milestone in the historical development of urban planning.The New Lanark mills operated until 1968. After a period of decline,...
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