Place:


Culblean  Aberdeenshire

 

In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Culblean like this:

Culblean, a hill range in the E of the Tullich section of Glenmuick parish, SW Aberdeenshire, 4 miles NE of Ballater. Extending about 5 miles south-by-eastward from Morven Hill to the vicinity of the Dee, it has an altitude of 1750 feet above sea-level, and at its southern end contains the curious natural excavation called the Vat. Here, on 30 Nov. 1335, the Scottish regent, Andrew Murray of Bothwell, defeated David, thirteenth Earl of Athole, who, setting his back to a rock, said it should flee as soon as he, and so fell, with many of his 3000 followers.

Additional information about this locality is available for Glenmuick

Culblean through time

Culblean is now part of Aberdeenshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Aberdeenshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Culblean itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Culblean in Aberdeenshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/27068

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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