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GRAMPIANS, THE

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GRAMPIANS, THE , a See also:mass of mountains in central See also:Scotland. Owing to the number of ramifications and ridges it is. difficult to assign their precise limits, but they may be described as occupying the See also:area between a See also:line See also:drawn from See also:Dumbartonshire to the See also:North See also:Sea at See also:Stonehaven, and the valley of the See also:Spey or even Glenmore (the Caledonian See also:Canal). Their trend is from sputh-See also:west to north-See also:east, the See also:southern See also:face forming the natural See also:division between the Lowlands and See also:Highlands. They See also:lie in the shires of See also:Argyll, See also:Dumbarton, See also:Stirling, See also:Perth, See also:Forfar, Kincardine, See also:Aberdeen, See also:Banff and' See also:Inverness. Among the highest summits are See also:Ben See also:Nevis, Ben Macdhui; and Cairngorms, Ben Lawers, Ben More, Ben See also:Alder, Ben Cruachan and Ben See also:Lomond. The See also:principal See also:rivers flowing from the See also:watershed northward are the Findhorn, Spey, See also:Don, See also:Dee and their tributaries,, and southward the See also:South Esk, See also:Tay and Forth with their affluents. On the north the mass is See also:wild and rugged.; on the south the siope'is often See also:gentle,. affording excellent pasture in many places, but both sections contain some of the finest See also:deer-forests in Scotland. They are crossed by the Highland, West Highland and See also:Callander to Obeli See also:railways, and See also:present some of . the finest scenery in the See also:kingdom. ' The rocks consist chiefly of See also:granite, See also:gneiss, See also:schists, See also:quartzite, See also:porphyry and See also:diorite. Their fastnesses were originally inhabited by the See also:northern Picts, the Caledonians who, under Gaigacus, were defeated by See also:Agricola in A.D. 84 at See also:Mons Graupius—the false See also:reading of which, Grampius, has been perpetuated in the name of the mountains—the site of which has not been ascertained. Some authorities See also:place it at Ardoch; others near the junction of the Tay and See also:Isla, or at Dalginross near Comrie; while some, contending for a position nearer the east See also:coast, refer it to a site in west See also:Forfarshire or to Raedykes near' Stonehaven.

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