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Balmoral Castle (/ b æ l ˈ m ɒr əl /) is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family.It is near the village of Crathie, 9 miles (14 km) west of Ballater and 50 miles (80 km) west of Aberdeen.
The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the U.S. Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922. The Langley was a converted Proteus-class collier, originally commissioned as USS Jupiter (AC-3). [1]
The AB postcode area, also known as the Aberdeen postcode area [2] is a group of 33 postcode districts in north-east Scotland, within 24 post towns.These cover the Aberdeen council area (including the city of Aberdeen, Milltimber and Peterculter), Aberdeenshire (including Banff, Macduff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Ellon, Turriff, Huntly, Insch, Inverurie, Westhill, Alford, Strathdon, Ballater ...
From the Late Middle Ages, the castle was a stronghold of the Earls of Mar. [1] The present Braemar Castle was constructed in 1628 by John Erskine, Earl of Mar, as a hunting lodge and to counter the rising power of the Farquharsons, [2] replacing an older building, which was the successor of nearby Kindrochit Castle, which dates from the 11th century AD.
Memorial to John Lamont. John Lamont was a highly regarded astronomer was born at Corriemulzie near Inverey the son of Robert Lamont (forester to James, 2nd Earl Fife) and his wife Elizabeth Ewan.
Crathie (Scottish Gaelic: Craichidh) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.It stands on the north bank of the River Dee.. Abergeldie Castle is 1 mile (2 kilometres) away. It was built around 1550 and had 19th century additions.
The Daihatsu A-series engine is a range of compact two-cylinder internal combustion piston engines, designed by Daihatsu with the aid of their owner Toyota. Petrol-driven, it has cast iron engine blocks and aluminum cylinder heads, which are of a single overhead cam lean burn design with belt-driven camshafts.
Braemar / b r eɪ ˈ m ɑːr / ⓘ is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 58 miles (93 km) west of Aberdeen in the Highlands.It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee, sitting at an elevation of 339 metres (1,112 ft).