BRAEMAR

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BRAEMAR , a

district

DISTRICT

in S.W. Aberdeenshire, Scotland, extending from Ballater in the E. to Glen Dee in the W., a distance of 24 M. with a breadth varying from 3 to 6 m. It is drained throughout by the river Dee, both banks of which are bounded by hills varying from r000 to nearly 3000 ft. in height.
The whole area is distinguished by typical Highland scenery, and is a resort alike for sportsmen and tourists. The villages and clachans (Gaelic for hamlet) being situated at an altitude of from 600 to more than r000 ft. above the sea, the air is everywhere pure and bracing. The deer forests comprise the royal forests of Balmoral and Ballochbuie, Glen Ey Forest, Mar Forest and Invercauld Forest. At various points on either side of the Dee, granite castles, mansions and lodges have been built, mostly in the Scottish baronial style, and all effectively situated with reference to the wooded hills or the river. The

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

of these are Balmoral and Abergeldie Castles belonging to the crown, Invercauld

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

, Braemar Castle, Mar

Lodge

and Old Mar

Lodge

. Castleton of Braemar is the foremost of the villages, being sometimes styled the

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

of the Deeside Highlands. Its public buildings include halls erected by the duke of Fife and Colonel Farquharson of Invercauld to commemorate the Victorian

jubilee

JUBILEE (or JUBILE), YEAR OF

of 1887. Not far from the spot where the brawling Clunie joins the Dee the

earl

EARL

of Mar raised the standard of revolt in 1715. His seat, Braemar Castle, reputed to be a hunting-lodge of

Malcolm

MALCOLM
MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

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

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