BALQUHIDDER (Gaelic, " the

See also:

• FARM

farm in the back-lying

See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country ")  , a village and parish of Perthshire, Scotland . Pop. of parish (1901) 605 . The village lies 2 m . W. of the station of the same name on the Caledonian railway from Callander to Oban, and 274 M . N.W. of Stirling . It is situated at the east end of Loch Voil, a lake at the foot of the Braes of Balquhidder . The Maclaurins acquired the district as early as the 9th century and occupied it for several hundred years until ousted by the Macgregors, a neighbouring clan, who had repeatedly raided their lands, and in 1558 slew the chief and many of his followers . Balquhidder was the scene of some of the exploits of Rob Roy, who died there in 1734 . His grave in the old kirkyard is marked by a stone ornamented with, rude carving, executed probably centuries before his time . Another ancient stone is said traditionally to cover the grave of Angus, the Columban missionary, who was the first to carry on Christian work in this part of the Highlands .