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- ↑ Ledlanet, a baronial country mansion, was situated near Milnathort.
- 1 2 Calder, John (2001). Pursuit: the Uncensored Memoirs of John Calder. London: Calder Publishers Ltd. p. 619. ISBN 0-7145-4313-6.[ page needed ]
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- ↑ OperaScotland. "Ledlanet Nights" . Retrieved 23 April 2011.