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ABERLEMNO, parish around Auldbar railway station, near centre of Forfarshire. It has a post office under Forfar. Its length is 6 miles, its greatest breadth 4 miles, its area 8914 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 10,874. Pop. 993. The surface is partly level, partly hilly, and rises from about 200 to about 600 feet above sea-level. The seats are Auldbar Castle, Balgavies, and Carsegownie ; and the chief antiquities are Flemmington Castle and Melgund Castle, the latter a ruin giving the title of viscount to the Earl of Minto. The churches are Established and Free ; and the public school has about 104 scholars.

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