Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Birse within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Birse, par. and vil., mid. S. Aberdeenshire, on river Dee, 2 miles SE. of Aboyne, 31,218 ac., pop. 1093; P.O.