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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Aberdeenshire
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
Yes
DisabledAccess
No
OpeningTime1
12pm - 3 pm
OpeningDate1
15/9/2019
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
11190
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Auchtavan Township
AddressLine2
Glen Fearder, Crathie
Postcode
AB35 5TQ
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Auchtavan Township
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
aberdeenshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
183
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,57.04377,-3.313989;
Description
An account of the resource
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Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Late 18th-early 19th century