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RAYNE Parish of Rayne
Parish of Rayne
Parish of Rayne
Parish of Rayne
William Leslie Esqr.
Sir J. D. Elphinstone Bart [Baronet]
Mr Leith Freefield House
Statistical Account
035 ; 036 ; 044 ; 045 This is a landward parish, of
moderate extent and compact form,
being about 3 1/3 miles in each
direction, and containing about
11 square miles. Its figure is not
perfectly regular, but approaching
to a square; it is bounded on the south by the parish of Oyne, and divided from it by the water of Ury [Urie]; on the west by that of Culsomond [Culsalmond] ; on the east by parts of Daviot, and Chapel of Garioch; and on the north, by parts of Fyvie and Auchterless. It forms the northern boundary of an inland district of Aberdeenshire called the Garioch, which is divided from that of Formartine, by the hill of Rothmaise in Rayne, about 850 feet above the level of the Sea. With the exception of this hill, the parish consists of undulating fields, and gentle acclivities, with a long tract of peat-moss or bog towards the north side.
The atmosphere is comparatively dry, from the circumstance of there being no mountains of sufficient
magnitude to attract the clouds and vapours, which are drawn towards the higher ridges of Beinn-na-ciche
on the south-west, and Foudland on the north-west; so that while the summits of these are
frequently enveloped in dense mists and copious showers of rain and snow are precipitated along the sides
of them, little of the falling moisture, comparatively, reaches this level; and sometimes the Air continues quite clear and dry.
Note - There is no portion of this parish detached, nor portion, or portions of any other parish enclosed within the boundary of this parish.-

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