I'm trying to add a content place holder into a master page but getting the above error. The master page inherits itself from another master page and many of the ContentPlaceHolders of the child master are wrapped in Content tags which inject the content from the inheriting page into the place holders of the parent master. However, I want the child master to deviate a little from the base master, but having its own ContentPlaceHolder unrelated to the parent master. Yet it seems to not like having the following line:
<asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="chpBanner" runat="server" />