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  • ...est mountains are [[Ben Macdhui]] (4,296 feet), shared with Aberdeenshire, and Cairngorm (4,080 feet). ...Banffshire|Avon]] (which runs from the height of Cairngorm into the Spey) and the [[River Spey|Spey]] for the miles where it forms the border with [[Mora
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  • ...[Highlands]]. It stretches includes from the east coast to the west coast and includes many of the isles of the [[Hebrides]], including most of the Outer ...rkshire]], swallowing the heart of the Highlands. It is 4,211 square miles in area, of which more than one-third belongs to the [[Hebrides]].
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  • ...the south coast of the [[Moray Firth]] between [[Nairnshire]] to the west and [[Banffshire]] to the east. To the south inland lies [[Inverness-shire]]. ...orresponding part of Inverness-shire interposes itself between coast Moray and its larger detached portion.
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  • |name=Nairnshire |map image=Nairnshire Brit Isles Sect 2.svg
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  • ...ss the north of Ross-shire, many wholly surrounded by it. An exclave of [[Nairnshire]] is found within Ross too. ...f Great Britain. The Isle of [[Lewis]] is part of the [[Outer Hebrides]], and contains those islands' only town, [[Stornoway]].
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  • ...e United Kingdom after competitions run by PlantLife, a charity, beginning in 2002. ...ommemorate the Queen's Jubilee in 2002 by putting wild flowers on the map, and launched a campaign to ask every county to choose its own wild flower emble
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  • ...ement in the area, the present day town was formed over the past 250 years and consists of four separate communities that eventually merged into one. ...harbour with its two basins and eventually covered the entire Coulard Hill and providing the town's impressive profile when viewed from a distance.
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  • ...the high mountains and flowing down to the [[Moray Firth]] at [[Findhorn]] in [[Morayshire]]. The Findhorn enters the sea through a broad, sheltered est ...is also a classic white water kayaking rivers (varying from grade 2 to 4) and draws canoeists from across the country.
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  • ...ost disappeared: the present parish church was built in 1767, and repaired in 1829. ...s also found in the Netherlands and Belgium. The word most analogous to it in the Celtic language is ''cruadh'' (hard). Dalcross, Dealganross, is from t
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  • ...emorial - geograph.org.uk - 1545593.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Parish of Daviot and Dunlichity War Memorial]] ...from north-east to south-west; and its breadth varies between 4½ furlongs and 7¼ miles.
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  • {{county|Nairnshire}} ...9-span Culloden, or Nairn Viaduct, opened in 1898 as part of the Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway.
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  • ...d extends about nine miles the interior side. It had a population of 2,090 in 2011. ...outes from Inverness to [[Aberdeen]], it is traversed by both the A96 road and the railway, although presently without any stations. It is also the locati
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  • ...al to all those parts of Scotland which are not within the [[Highlands]]. In the Gaelic language of the Highlands, the Lowlands are called ''a' Ghalldac ...so low-lying geographically and also culturally one with the Lowlands, but in some contexts these lands find themselves grouped together with the Highlan
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  • ...Train at Tomatin - geograph.org.uk - 1733228.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Railway and A9 viaducts crossing the Findhorn at Tomatin]] ...erness-shire]]. The name comes from the Gaelic ''Magh'', meaning 'a plain' and ''DalFhearghais'', 'Fergus' dale').
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  • ...r Spey|Spey]] and Rothiemurchus on the right. The Duthil portion also lies in a detached part of [[Morayshire]]. ...o of which lie on the main north-south A9 trunk road. The A95 to [[Keith]] in [[Banffshire]] starts here too as does the A938 Old Military Road to [[Duln
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  • ...e village of Conon Bridge is the largest village in the parish of Urquhart and Logie Wester]] ...Isle]] in [[Ross-shire]]. A detached part of [[Nairnshire]] is to be found in the centre of the parish.
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  • ...nernie - geograph.org.uk - 254433.jpg|thumb|250px|Edinkillie Parish Church and graveyard at Glenernie]] ...s 13 miles long by seven wide. Two detached portions of [[Nairnshire]] lie in this parish.
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  • ...and [[Forres]], south-east by [[Edinkillie]] and west by [[Auldearn]] in [[Nairnshire]]. The western boundary also forms the county border. ...six miles east of Nairn by the A96 road. Other villages include Kintessack and Broom of Moy. South-west of Dyke lies [[Brodie Castle]].
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