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GRAMPIANS, THE , a mass of mountains in central 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 area between a line drawn
Stonehaven
east
Perth
South
south
Scotland . They are crossed by the Highland, West Highland and Callander to Obeli railways, and present some of . the finest scenery in the kingdom. ' The rocks consist chiefly of granite, gneiss, schists, quartzite, porphyry and diorite. Their fastnesses were originally inhabited by the northern Picts, the Caledonians who, under Gaigacus, were defeated by Agricola in A.D. 84 at Mons Graupiusthe false reading of which, Grampius, has been perpetuated in the name of the mountainsthe site of which has not been ascertained. Some authorities place it at Ardoch; others near the junction of the Tay and Isla, or at Dalginross near Comrie; while some, contending for a position nearer the east
coast
Stonehaven
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