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It is located near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and east of Braemar.
* The Scottish traditional song " The Braemar Poacher " is about a poacher that was caught and sent to Van Diemen's Land.
* February 11 – The lowest ever UK temperature of is recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire.
* January 10 – The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire.
Badenoch ( from the Scottish Gaelic Bàideanach meaning drowned land ) is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber.
The Linton family cemetery is located inside Braemar and the iron fence and monuments remain intact today, though a large tree has fallen over Linton's grave.
The area around Braemar and Ballater is known as Royal Deeside.
The largest known cairngorm crystal is a 23. 6 kg ( 52 pound ) specimen kept at Braemar Castle.
North Point is bounded by Hing Fat Street ( 興發街 ) to the west and by Mansion Street ( 民新街 ) to the east, by Victoria Harbour to the north and Braemar Hill to the south.
It is reported in numerous books and Highland games programs, that King Malcolm III of Scotland, in the 11th century, summoned contestants to a foot race to the summit of Craig Choinnich ( overlooking Braemar ).
The " Braemar Stone " uses a 20 – 26 lb stone for men ( 13 – 18 lb for women ) and does not allow any run up to the toeboard or " trig " to deliver the stone, i. e., it is a standing put.
Braemar Castle is situated near the village of Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
It is run on behalf of the community by local charity, Braemar Community Ltd and staffed by local volunteers, and an ambitious restoration programme has been started.
Braemar () is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands.
Braemar is within a one-and-a-half hour drive of Aberdeen, Dundee, and Perth.
Braemar is the second coldest low lying place in the UK, after the village of Leadhills, with a mean temperature of 6. 81 ° C.
The Catholic Church in Braemar is dedicated to Saint Andrew was built in 1839.
Known colloquially as The Games-and originating from those believed to have been held by Malcolm III-an annual Highland Games Gathering is held at Braemar on the first Saturday in September and is traditionally attended by the British Royal Family.
Only the legionary fortress at Inchtuthil, conveniently situated for access into Braemar and the areas beyond, is large enough to function as a major deterrent or springboard for future invasions.
The full route from Aviemore to Braemar is about, though many walkers cut the walk short by starting or finishing at Linn of Dee.
The from there to Braemar is along a tarmac road.
The campus is located in the residential neighborhood of Braemar Hill in North Point, adjacent to country park green areas.

Braemar and approached
Braemar can be approached on foot from the West through Glen Tilt, Glen Feshie, Glen Dee ( by the Lairig Ghru ), and Glen Derry ( by the Lairig an Laoigh ).
From the south the Lairig Ghru can be approached from Braemar though Glen Lui, or Glen Dee, and from Blair Atholl through Glen Tilt.

Braemar and from
The A93 road runs along its strath from Braemar to Aberdeen.
Blairgowrie and Rattray developed over the centuries at the crossroads of several important historic routes with links from the town to Perth, Coupar Angus, Alyth and Braemar.
The roads to Coupar Angus and Braemar form part of General Wade's military road from Perth to Fort George.
The dug-outs were switched from the Braemar Road side of the ground to the Bill Axbey side for the 2010 / 11 season.
The approximate southern-boundary of the range runs from slightly east of Braemar, west along Glen Dee to White Bridge, through Glen Geldie to the head of Glen Feshie.
It runs north from Perth through Blairgowrie and Rattray, then through the Grampian Mountains by way of Glenshee, the Cairnwell Pass and Glen Clunie to Braemar in Aberdeenshire.
10 miles from Braemar it passes Balmoral Castle, holiday home of the Royal Family, then continues through Ballater, where many small local shops proudly display the Royal Warrant, Aboyne, Kincardine O ' Neil, Banchory and Peterculter before entering Aberdeen city.
The present Braemar Castle was constructed in 1628 by John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar as a hunting lodge and to counter the rising power of the Farquharsons, replacing an older building, which was the successor of nearby Kindrochit Castle, which dates from as the 11th century AD.
The ruins of Kindrochit Castle on the east bank of the Clunie Water, slightly upriver from the bridge in Braemar, are considered to be largely of 14th century origin replacing the presumed timber-construction of the original castle.
Image: braemar_from_morrone_01SEP06. jpg | Braemar from Morrone
* A YouTube profile with some videos from the 2006 Braemar Gathering
* Kindrochit Castle is a 15thC ruin located within Braemar Village across from the local butchery shop.

Braemar and South
Within Edina are many different neighborhoods, including Highlands, Indian Hills, Viking Hills, Morningside, Country Club District, Cahill Village, Chapel Hill, South Harriet Park, Interlachen, Rolling Green, Sunnyslope, White Oaks, Parkwood Knolls, Braemar Hills, Dewey Hill and Hilldale.
South of Ventura Boulevard also contains two golf courses: El Caballero Country Club and Braemar Country Club.
In the same year, he went off with his family aboard his boat, ' Braemar ', ending up in Australia after two and a half years, travelling via France, The West Indies, South America, Central America, Mexico, Los Angeles, Hawaii and Fiji.

Braemar and on
The lowest recorded temperature in the United Kingdom has twice been recorded in the Cairngorms, at Braemar, where a temperature of-27. 2 < sup > o </ sup > C, was recorded on 11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982.
He then came to Corgarff to assemble and equip his army before marching on to Braemar.
* Braemar Royal Highland Society, Scotland: Per fess enhanced wavy or and argent ; in chief issuant out of a fillet wavy azure four demi lions combatant, two and two gules, and in base a Scots fir tree in pale, seeded, proper, growing out of a mound purpure, between on the dexter an eagle displayed azure, armed beaked and membered gules, on its breast an antique covered cup or and charged with a three point label also gules, and on the sinister an eagle displayed sable armed beaked and membered gules.
( simple mean method ) Braemar has twice entered the UK Weather Records with the lowest ever UK temperature of-27. 2 < sup > o </ sup > C, on February 11, 1895, and January 10, 1982.
Previously, two independent hamlets existed on the banks of the Clunie Water named on the West bank ; Auchendryne, on the East bank ; Castleton, the name referring to Kindrochit Castle ( within the modern-day village ) rather than Braemar Castle ( immediately south of the village ).
The names Auchendryne and Castleton are clearly marked on the current Ordnance Survey maps below the larger and bolder Braemar.
In 1991, the school moved to the current campus on Braemar Hill.
In 1892, James Hunter Lawson built Braemar, a large, single-storey house situated on a sixty-acre property on Macquarie Road.
In 1958, Deedat established an Islamic seminary called As-Salaam Educational Institute on a donated piece of land located in Braemar in the south of Natal province.
The following year, Braemar School, a low-fee coeducational day school, opened on the site.

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