Dunira is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.3887°, -4.0457°.

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Dunira

Dunira in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Dunira is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Dunira (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Iar) is an estate of about 350 hectares (860 acres) in Perthshire, Scotland, 3 miles (5 kilometres) northwest of Comrie and 25 mi (40 km) northwest of Stirling. The estate is set against a backdrop of mountains, hills and rich lush lowland. Dunira was the home of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, although the house he built was replaced in the 19th century. The replacement house burned down in 1948, although the estate is still active.

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History

The politician Henry Dundas (28 April 1742 – 28 May 1811) bought the 20000 acre estate in 1784. Dundas commissioned a design for a new house from architect Henry Holland in 1798, although the house that was built between 1803 and 1808 was the work of William Stirling. The surrounding parkland was laid out by Dundas, possibly with input from Holland. In 1802, Dundas was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Melville and Baron Dunira. The estate was sold in 1824 to Sir Robert Dundas of Beechwood. who commissioned Thomas Mawson, a landscape gardener, to redesign the gardens in the early 1920s.

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