Allanaquoich is a locality on

Mar Lodge Estate Mar Lodge Estate is a highland estate in western Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which has been owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) since 1995. Its principal building, Mar Lodge, is about west of the village of Braemar. The estat ...

, Aberdeenshire,

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. ''Allanaquoich'' is little more than a farm house now although it once could have been described as a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

. It is locate
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on a slight rise to the East of the Quoich Water. A table in ''Dixon & Green (1995)'' shows the number of tenants at ''Allanaquoich'' being reduced as part of the Highland Clearances from 18 tenants in 1739 to just 1 by 1810 as a result. Image:allanaquoich_from_linnofdeeroad_03SEP06.jpg , Allanaquoich from the Linn of Dee road (September 2006) Image:quoichcottage.jpg , Quoich Cottage from the Linn of Dee road (21AUG07) Image:allanaquoich.jpg , General view of Allanaquoich from the Linn of Dee road (07MAR04)

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* {{Citation , title= Mar Lodge Estate Grampian : An Archaeological Survey , first=P.J. , last=Dixon , first2=S.T. , last2=Green , publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Edinburgh , year=1995 Buildings and structures on Mar Lodge Estate Places and place names on Mar Lodge Estate

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