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| | Historical perspective for Peterculter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | The station is on the Deeside railway, within Peterculter parish, near the influx of Culter rivulet to the river Dee, 7¾ miles WSW of Aberdeen. |
 | | The estate is mainly in Peterculter parish, partly in Drumoak, and from the 13th century till 1726 belonged to a branch of the Cummings. |
 | | Culter House here, 1 mile NE of the station, is a large old mansion, said to have been built by Sir Alexander Cumming, who, in 1695, was created a Baronet, and whose son, Sir Archibald (1700-75), for a time was ruler of the Cherokees. |
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