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AUCHTERLESS, hamlet and parish on north-west border of Aberdeenshire. The hamlet lies 6 miles south-by-west of Turriff, and has a post office, with telegraph, under Turriff, and a railway station. The parish contains also the village of Gordonstown, and is about 8 miles long. Acres, 16,826. Real property in 1879-80, 14,772. Pop., quoad civilia, 2144; quoad sacra, 1948. The surface comprises the upper part of the Ythan's basin, all north-eastward from a line within about a mile from that river's source. Chief antiquities are traces of a Roman camp, and remains of numerous ancient Caledonian stone circles. The churches are Established and Free. There are 4 schools, with accommodation for 365 scholars.
