BLAIR

See also:

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

ATHOLL (Gaelic blair, " a

See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain ")  , a village and parish of Perthshire, Scotland, 354 M . N.W. of Perth by the Highland railway . Pop . (1901) 367; of parish, 1722 . It is situated at the confluence of the Tilt and the Garry . The oldest part of Blair Castle, a seat of the duke of Atholl, dates from 1269; as restored and enlarged in 1869—1872 from the plans of David Bryce, R.S.A., it is a magnificent example of the Scottish baronial style . It was occupied by the marquess of Montrose prior to the battle of Tippermuir in 1644, stormed by the Cromwellians in 1653, and garrisoned on behalf of James II. in 1689 . The Young Pretender stayed in it in 1745, and the duke of Cumberland in 1746 . The body of Viscount Dundee, conveyed hither from the battlefield of Killiecrankie, was buried in the church of Old Blair, in which a monument was erected to his memory in 1889 by the 7th duke of Atholl . The grounds surrounding the castle are among the most beautiful in the Highlands . A golf course has been laid down south-east of the village, between the railway and the Garry, and every September a great display of Highland games is held . Ben-y-gloe (3671 ft .

High), the

scene of the hunt 'given in 1529 by the earl of Atholl hr honour of James V. and the queen dowager, may be climbed by way of Fender Burn, a left-hand tributary of the Tilt . The falls of Fender, near the old bridge of Tilt, are eclipsed by the falls of Bruar, 4 M. west of Blair Atholl, formed by the Bruar, which, rising in Ben Dearg (3304 ft.), flows into the Garry after an impetuous course of so m .