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See also:BALQUHIDDER (Gaelic, " the See also:farm in the back-lying See also:country ")
, a See also:village and See also:parish of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland
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Pop. of parish (1901) 605
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The village lies 2 m
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W. of the station of the same name on the Caledonian railway from See also:Callander to See also:Oban, and 274 M
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N.W. of See also:Stirling
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It is situated at the See also:east end of See also:Loch Voil, a See also:lake at the See also:foot of the Braes of See also:Balquhidder
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The Maclaurins acquired the See also:district as See also:early as the 9th See also:century and occupied it for several See also:hundred years until ousted by the Macgregors, a neighbouring See also:clan, who had repeatedly raided their lands, and in 1558 slew the See also:chief and many of his followers
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Balquhidder was the See also:scene of some of the exploits of Rob See also:Roy, who died there in 1734
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His See also:grave in the old kirkyard is marked by a See also: |
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