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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 269 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BALLATER (Gaelic for " the See also:town on a sloping See also:hill ")  , a See also:village in the See also:parish of Glenmuick, See also:Aberdeenshire, See also:Scotland, 670 ft. above the See also:sea, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Dee, here crossed by a See also:fine See also:bridge, 434 m.' by See also:rail W. by S. of See also:Aberdeen . It is the See also:terminus of the Deeside railway and the station for Balmoral, 9 M. to the W . Founded in 1770 to provide See also:accommodation for the visitors to the See also:mineral See also:wells of Pannanich, 12 m. to the E., it has since become a popular summer resort . It contains the See also:Albert Memorial See also:Hall and the See also:barracks for the See also:sovereign's See also:body-guard, used when the See also:king is in See also:residence at Balmoral . Red See also:granite is the See also:chief See also:building material of the houses . Ballatrich See also:farm, where See also:Byron spent See also:part of his boyhood, lies some 4 M. to the E . See also:Ballater has a mean temperature of 44.6° F., and an See also:average See also:annual rainfall of 33.4 in .

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