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BLAIR ATHOLL (Gaelic blair, " a plain ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 35 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLAIR See also:ATHOLL (Gaelic blair, " a See also:plain ")  , a See also:village and See also:parish of See also:Perthshire, See also:Scotland, 354 M . N.W. of See also:Perth by the Highland railway . Pop . (1901) 367; of parish, 1722 . It is situated at the confluence of the Tilt and the Garry . The See also:oldest See also:part of See also:Blair See also:Castle, a seat of the See also:duke of See also:Atholl, See also:dates from 1269; as restored and enlarged in 1869—1872 from the plans of See also:David See also:Bryce, R.S.A., it is a magnificent example of the Scottish baronial See also:style . It was occupied by the See also:marquess of See also:Montrose See also:prior to the See also:battle of Tippermuir in 1644, stormed by the Cromwellians in 1653, and garrisoned on behalf of See also:James II. in 1689 . The See also:Young Pretender stayed in it in 1745, and the duke of See also:Cumberland in 1746 . The See also:body of See also:Viscount See also:Dundee, conveyed hither from the battlefield of See also:Killiecrankie, was buried in the See also:church of Old Blair, in which a See also: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 See also:Highlands . A See also:golf course has been laid down See also:south-See also:east of the village, between the railway and the Garry, and every See also:September a See also:great display of Highland See also:games is held . See also:Ben-y-gloe (3671 ft .

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scene of the See also:hunt 'given in 1529 by the See also:earl of Atholl hr See also:honour of James V. and the See also:queen See also:dowager, may be climbed by way of See also:Fender See also:Burn, a See also:left-See also:hand tributary of the Tilt . The falls of Fender, near the old See also:bridge of Tilt, are eclipsed by the falls of Bruar, 4 M. See also: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 .

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