Crathie, Aberdeenshire
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Crathie
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Crathie School in 2007 | |
Location within Aberdeenshire | |
OS grid reference | NO266946 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BALLATER |
Postcode district | AB35 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Crathie (
.Hugh Mackay
in 1689.
Crathie is 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of
Crathie Bridge is one of the more obscure of Brunel's iron bridges, demonstrating his balloon flange girder
.
The hills to the south contain a number of memorial
Prince Albert and some of his children. John Brown, a favoured acquaintance of Queen Victoria
's is also buried here.
The Royal Lochnagar distillery stands on the southern bank of the Dee east of the village. The only producer of a Deeside single malt, it is fed by natural springs rising on the slopes of Lochnagar, a neighbouring Munro.
In local government Ballater and Crathie share a combined
county constituency of West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine, and in the Scottish Parliament it is represented by the county constituency of Aberdeenshire West
.
See also
- Aberdeenshire Cricket Association
References
- ^ "Community Council Ballater". ballaterandcrathiecommunitycouncil.com.
- AA Touring Guide to Scotland (1978)
External links
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