A Council Area is one of the areas defined in Schedule 1 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and is under the control of one of the local authorities in Scotland created by that Act.
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“There by some wrinkled stones round a leafless tree
With beards askew, their eyes dull and wild
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