A wee glen on Deeside

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Many from outside Scotland tend to think of "the Highlands" as being in the north and west of the country which is to ignore the rich history and fine landscape of the Northeast. This detailed commentary on the history of a small glen in Aberdeenshire next to Balmoral may therefore be of some interest even though it will take some time to plough through it. (You can always just flick through the pictures!) It explains a little of how Deeside came to be "Royal" yet how hard life was for the ordinary folk of the Eastern Highlands. So, forget all the "Macs" and focus on the Gordons, the Farquharsons, the Forbeses, the Stuarts, the Grants, the Andersons....
If the occasional Scots word defeats you, try https://dsl.ac.uk/
(I should mention that not all the author's Gaelic translations are correct.)
https://holeousia.com/about-me/deesi...-a-small-glen/


Alan