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BRAEMAR , a See also:

district in S.W. See also:Aberdeenshire, See also:Scotland, extending from See also:Ballater in the E. to Glen See also:Dee in the W., a distance of 24 M. with a breadth varying from 3 to 6 m. It is drained throughout by the See also:river Dee, both See also:banks of which are bounded by hills varying from r000 to nearly 3000 ft. in height. The whole See also:area is distinguished by typical Highland scenery, and is a resort alike for sportsmen and tourists. The villages and clachans (Gaelic for See also:hamlet) being situated at an See also:altitude of from 600 to more than r000 ft. above the See also:sea, the See also:air is everywhere pure and bracing. The See also:deer forests comprise the royal forests of Balmoral and Ballochbuie, Glen Ey See also:Forest, See also:Mar Forest and Invercauld Forest. At various points on either See also:side of the Dee, See also:granite castles, mansions and lodges have been built, mostly in the Scottish baronial See also:style, and all effectively situated with reference to the wooded hills or the river. The See also:chief of these are Balmoral and Abergeldie Castles belonging to the See also:crown, Invercauld See also:House, Braemar See also:Castle, Mar See also:Lodge and Old Mar Lodge. See also:Castleton of Braemar is the foremost of the villages, being sometimes styled the See also:capital of the Deeside See also:Highlands. Its public buildings include halls erected by the See also:duke of See also:Fife and See also:Colonel Farquharson of Invercauld to commemorate the Victorian See also:jubilee of 1887. Not far from the spot where the See also:brawling Clunie joins the Dee the See also:earl of Mar raised the See also:standard of revolt in 1715. His seat, Braemar Castle, reputed to be a See also:hunting-lodge of See also:Malcolm Canmore, was forfeit along with the estates.

The new castle built by the purchasers in 1720 was acquired at a later date by Farquharson of Invercauld, who gave See also:

government the use of it during the pacification of the Highlands after the See also:battle of, See also:Culloden in 1746. See also:Population of Crathie and Braemar (1901)1452.

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