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ATHOLL, or ATHOLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 851 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ATHOLL, or ATHOLE , a See also:district in the See also:north of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, covering an See also:area of about 450 sq. m. It is bounded on the N. by See also:Badenoch, on the N.E. by See also:Braemar, on the E. by See also:Forfarshire, on the S. by See also:Breadalbane, on the W. and N.W. by See also:Lochaber. The Highland railway bisects it diagonally from See also:Dunkeld to the See also:borders of See also:Inverness-See also:shire. It is traversed by the Grampian mountains and watered by the See also:Tay, See also:Tummel, Garry, Tilt, Bruar and other streams. Glen Garry and Glen Tilt are the See also:chief glens, and See also:Loch See also:Rannoch and Loch Tummel the See also:principal lakes. The See also:population mainly centres around Dunkeld, See also:Pitlochry and See also:Blair Atholl. The only cultivable See also:soil occurs in the valleys of the large See also:rivers, but the See also:deer-See also:forest and the shootings on See also:moor and See also:mountain are among the most extensive in Scotland. It is said to have been named Athfotla (Atholl) after Fotla, son of the Pictish See also:king Cruithne, and was under the See also:rule of a See also:Celtic mormaer (thane or See also:earl) until the See also:union of the Picts and Scots under See also:Kenneth See also:Macalpine in 843. The See also:duke of Atholl's seats are Blair See also:Castle and Dunkeld See also:House. What is called Atholl brose is a See also:compound, in equal parts, of See also:whisky and See also:honey (or oatmeal), which was first commonly used in the district for hoarseness and sore See also:throat.

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