The mountain was the setting for a children's story, The Old Man of Lochnagar, told originally by Prince Charles to his younger brothers, Andrew and Edward, and published in 1980 with royalties accruing to The Prince's Trust.

From there experienced walkers can head up the prominent mountain, Lochnagar.

Lochnagar or Beinn Chìochan is a mountain in the Grampians of Scotland, located about five miles south of the River Dee near Balmoral.

Lochnagar is located on the Royal Estate of Balmoral, and the mountain itself has royal links.

The story revolves around an old man who lives in a cave in the cliffs surrounding the corrie loch under the Lochnagar, a mountain which overlooks the royal estate at Balmoral in Scotland where the Royal Family spend much of their summer holidays.

In July 2009, whilst out running with friends, Melaragni suffered a suspected heart attack and died near the summit of Lochnagar in the Cairngorms.

The largest mines — the Y Sap Mine and the Lochnagar Mine — each containing 24 tons of explosives, were blown near La Boiselle, throwing earth 4, 000 feet into the air.

The largest mines, each containing 24 tons of ammonal, were on either side of the Albert-Bapaume road near La Boisselle, the Y Sap mine north of the road and the Lochnagar mine to the south.

A malt-whisky distillery located near the Balmoral estate on the south side of the River Dee produces the Royal Lochnagar Single Malt whisky.

The similar name appears as a summit near Lochnagar.

A malt whisky distillery located on the Balmoral Estate produces the Royal Lochnagar Single Malt whisky.

* Scotch whisky: Johnnie Walker, Buchanan's, Cardhu, Justerini & Brooks ( J & B ), Bell's, Black & White, White Horse, Logan, Caol Ila, Vat 69, Oban, Talisker, Lagavulin, Glen Ord, Glenkinchie, Dalwhinnie, Cragganmore, Singleton, Haig, Royal Lochnagar, Glen Elgin, Knockando, The Dimple Pinch

The company operates the Scotch whisky distilleries of Auchroisk, Benrinnes, Blair Athol ( situated at Pitlochry ), Caol Ila, Cardhu, Knockando, Glen Elgin, Clynelish, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, Glenkinchie, Glen Ord, Lagavulin, Oban, Royal Lochnagar, Strathmill, Talisker, Teaninich, Mannochmore, Mortlach and Glenlossie, which are sold not only under their own name but used to make the various blended Scotch whiskies sold by the company, and owns the stock of many closed distilleries such as Port Ellen, Rosebank, Brora, Convalmore, Glen Albyn, North Brechin, Banff, and Linlithgow.

The Lochnagar mine was an explosive-packed mine created by the Royal Engineer tunnelling companies, located south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département of France, which was detonated at 7: 28 am on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

The Royal Lochnagar Distillery stands on the southern bank of the Dee east of the village.

Sanderson got a few Malt Whiskys that he needed to blend his VAT 69 from a friend, John Begg, who owned the " Royal Lochnagar Distillery ".

Balmoral Estate is within the Cairngorms National Park, and is partly within the Deeside and Lochnagar National Scenic Aree.

The story closes on the Old Man of Lochnagar and returns to Balmoral and Prince Charles.

The use of map coordinates was begun when the senior officers began to select tactical points by designating a spot as `` near the letter o in the word mountain ''.

The mountain is a popular destination attracting an estimated 100, 000 ascents a year, " Ben Nevis " 80 /- organic ale is, by contrast, brewed in Bridge of Allan near Stirling.

Albertone's askari brigade was the first to encounter the onrush of Ethiopians at 6: 00, near Kidane Meret, where the Ethiopians had managed to set up their mountain artillery.

While mountain tops remain snow-capped year long, near the coast snow only stays on the ground for a few minutes or hours.

In Oregon, mountain bluebirds ( Siala currucoides ) have been observed energetically mobbing chipmunks that they see near their nest trees.

* The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland, also known as " Ben Arthur "

Rock inscription near Boyukdash mountain, Azerbaijan, mentioning Domitian and Legio XII Fulminata.

Domitian is also credited on the easternmost Roman evidence known, the rock inscription near Boyukdash mountain, in present-day Azerbaijan.

While some historians read this generous act as a sign that Emperor Menelik still hoped for a peaceful resolution to the war, Harold Marcus points out that this escort allowed him a tactical advantage: " Menelik craftily managed to establish himself in Hawzien, at Gendepata, near Adwa, where the mountain passes were not guarded by Italian fortifications.

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, The History of Java ( 1817 ), the purest sulphur was supplied from a crater from a mountain near the straits of Bali.

Sri Pada, named after a footprint-like formation found near the summit of a conical mountain in Sri Lanka.

The terms Hofenstaufen and Staufen also identified the family's castle in Swabia, located on an eponymous mountain near Göppingen.

He left Majar to meet with Uzbeg Khan traveling court ( horde ), which was in the time near Beshtau mountain.

The Japanese islands are the summits of mountain ridges uplifted near the outer edge of the continental shelf.

He attended the last mountain man rendezvous, held in the summer of 1840 ( again at Ft. Bridger near the Green River ) and moved on to Bent's Fort, finding employment as a hunter.

Hemmed in between sea and mountain, the sahil, as it is called in Lebanon, is widest in the north near Tripoli, where it is only wide.

There are several highlands but no true mountain ranges except in the largely empty southern desert near the Chadian border, where the Tibesti Massif rises to over 2, 200 metres.

Some examples include the " Pieter Both " mountain, the " Vandermeersh " region near Rose-Hill as well as many other names.

When the Israelites came to Sinai, they pitched camp near the mountain.

Hira is a cave near Mecca, on the mountain named Jabal Al-Nūr in the Hejaz region of present day Saudi Arabia.

Baekdu Mountain, the highest point in North Korea, is a volcanic mountain near the Chinese border with basalt lava plateau with elevations between 1400 and 2000 m above sea level.

* 1806 – Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains ( it is later named Pikes Peak ).

Some sources claim that Nāgārjuna lived on the mountain of Śrīparvata in his later years, near the city that would later be called Nāgārjunakoṇḍa (" Hill of Nāgārjuna ").

* 1792 – Mount Hood ( Oregon ) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

The mummy was found in September 1991 in the Ötztal Alps, hence Ötzi, near the Similaun mountain and Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy.