See also:

• ATHOLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• ATHOLL, or ATHOLE

ATHOLL, or ATHOLE  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, covering an See also:

• AREA

area of about 450 sq. m . It is bounded on the N. by See also:

• BADENOCH

Badenoch, on the N.E. by See also:

• BRAEMAR

Braemar, on the E. by See also:

• FORFARSHIRE, or ANGUS

Forfarshire, on the S. by See also:

• BREADALBANE
• BREADALBANE, JOHN CAMPBELL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1636-1717)

Breadalbane, on the W. and N.W. by See also:

• LOCHABER

Lochaber . The Highland railway bisects it diagonally from See also:

• DUNKELD

Dunkeld to the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

• INVERNESS

Inverness-See also:

• SHIRE

shire . It is traversed by the Grampian mountains and watered by the See also:

• TAY
• TAY, LOCH

Tay, See also:

• TUMMEL

Tummel, Garry, Tilt, Bruar and other streams . Glen Garry and Glen Tilt are the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief glens, and See also:

• LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch See also:

• RANNOCH

Rannoch and Loch Tummel the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal lakes . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population mainly centres around Dunkeld, See also:

• PITLOCHRY

Pitlochry and See also:

• BLAIR, FRANCIS PRESTON (1791–1876)
• BLAIR, HUGH (1718-1800)
• BLAIR, JAMES (1656`1743)
• BLAIR, ROBERT (1699—1746)

Blair See also:

• ATHOLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• ATHOLL, or ATHOLE

Atholl . The only cultivable See also:

• SOIL

soil occurs in the valleys of the large See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, but the See also:

• DEER (O. E. rigor, dfor, a common Teutonic word, meaning a wild animal, cf. Ger. Tier, Du. dier, &c., probably from a root dhus-, to breathe)
• DEER, CHINESE

deer-See also:

• FOREST

forest and the shootings on See also:

• MOOR

moor and See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain are among the most extensive in Scotland . It is said to have been named Athfotla (Atholl) after Fotla, son of the Pictish See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king Cruithne, and was under the See also:

• RULE

rule of a See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic mormaer (thane or See also:

• EARL

earl) until the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the Picts and Scots under See also:

• KENNETH

Kenneth See also:

• MACALPINE (or MACCABEUS), JOHN (d. 1557)

Macalpine in 843 . The See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Atholl's seats are Blair See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle and Dunkeld See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House . What is called Atholl brose is a See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound, in equal parts, of See also:

• WHISKY, or WHISKEY

whisky and See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey (or oatmeal), which was first commonly used in the district for hoarseness and sore See also:

• THROAT (O. Eng. protu, prote or }Prota, possibly from preotan, to press, whence threat, or, with loss of initial s, connected with strut, to swell)

throat .