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Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Who is Aberdeenshire, Scotland? What is Aberdeenshire, Scotland? Where is Aberdeenshire, ... |
 | | Garioch, pronounced "gayree", in the centre of the shire, comprises a beautiful, undulating, loamy, fertile valley. |
 | | This policy culminated in the invasion of Aberdeenshire by Donald, Lord of the Isles, who, however, suffered defeat at Harlaw, near Inverurie, at the hands of the earl of Mar in 1411. |
 | | Bitter feuds raged between these families for a long period, but the Gordons reached the height of their power in the first half of the 16th century, when their domains, already vast, were enhanced by the acquisition, through marriage, of the earldom of Sutherland (1514). |
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