Forest of Atholl

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The Forest of Atholl (also known as Atholl Forest) is a deer forest near the Scottish village of Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, first recorded in the 12th century.[https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst6252.html Forest of Atholl] – Gazetteer for Scotland[https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/1842/6850/1/330602.pdf "A Social History of the Atholl Estates 1685-1785"] – University of Edinburgh {{convert|100,000|acres}} in size, most of it is within the Cairngorms National Park.[https://cairngormsnationalpark.co.uk/blair-atholl-and-glenshee/ Blair Atholl and Glenshee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910184102/https://cairngormsnationalpark.co.uk/blair-atholl-and-glenshee/ |date=10 September 2021 }} – Cairngorms National Park

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Category:Protected areas of Perth and Kinross

Category:12th-century establishments in Scotland

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