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Glas-allt-Shiel
Glas-allt-Shiel is a lodge on the Balmoral Castle, Balmoral Estate by the shore of Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In its present form it was built in 1868 by Queen Victoria, who called it Glassalt, to be what she called her "widow's house" where she could escape from the world following the death of her husband Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom. It is now a category B listed building owned personally by Charles III. Adam Watson (scientist), Adam Watson considered that "Glas-allt-Shiel has undoubtedly one of the most spectacular situations of any lodge in the Highlands." Estate history From time immemorial, the land around Loch Muick had been owned by the Mormaer of Mar who later became the Earl of Mar, Earls of Mar. As vassals of the Crown the Clan Bissett, Bissetts became landlords in the 13th century, followed by the Clan Fraser, Fraser family. In 1351 Sir William Keith, Great Marischal of Scotland, took ownership, followed by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balmoral Estate
Balmoral Castle () is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a List of British royal residences, residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Crathie, west of Ballater and west of Aberdeen. The estate and its original castle were bought from the Clan Farquharson, Farquharson family in 1852 by Albert, Prince Consort, Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. Soon afterwards the house was found to be too small and the current Balmoral Castle was commissioned. The architect was William Smith (architect), William Smith of Aberdeen, and his designs were amended by Prince Albert. Balmoral remains the private property of the monarch and is not part of the Crown Estate Scotland, Crown Estate. It was the summer residence of Queen Elizabeth II, who Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, died there on 8 September 2022. The castle is an example of Scottish baronial architecture, and is classified by Historic Environment Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle () is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and west of Aberdeen. The estate and its original castle were bought from the Farquharson family in 1852 by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. Soon afterwards the house was found to be too small and the current Balmoral Castle was commissioned. The architect was William Smith of Aberdeen, and his designs were amended by Prince Albert. Balmoral remains the private property of the monarch and is not part of the Crown Estate. It was the summer residence of Queen Elizabeth II, who died there on 8 September 2022. The castle is an example of Scottish baronial architecture, and is classified by Historic Environment Scotland as a category A listed building. The new castle was completed in 1856 and the old castle demolished shortly thereafter. The Balmoral Estate has been added to by successive me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loch Muick
Loch Muick (; Gaelic: Uisge Muice ()) is an upland, freshwater loch lying approximately south of Braemar, Scotland at the head of Glen Muick and within the boundary of the Balmoral estate. Geography Loch Muick trends in a southwest and northeast direction and is approximately in length. It is surrounded on both sides by steep hills. The loch is fed by many small streams, the largest being Allt an dubh Loch in the west which flows down from Dubh Loch. The outflow is the source of the River Muick. The name of loch, glen and river is pronounced "mick". The loch was surveyed on 8 July 1905 by T.N. Johnston and L.W. Collet and later charted as part of the Sir John Murray's ''Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909''. Flora and fauna A wide variety of bird and animal life can be found in and around the loch including red squirrel, red deer, Eurasian oystercatchers, salmon and trout. Birch trees can be found around the edge of the loch. Glas-allt Shiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falls Of Glas Allt
Falls of Glas Allt is a waterfall near the head of Loch Muick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Queen Victoria liked to take walks here beside the stream flowing from Lochnagar down to Loch Muick. After the death of Prince Albert she had a cottage, Glas-allt-Shiel, rebuilt for her on the delta where the stream flows into the loch. See also *Waterfalls of Scotland Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls. Scotland has over 150 waterfalls, most are situated in the H ... References Waterfalls of Aberdeenshire {{Scotland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert, Prince Consort
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857. Albert was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to a family connected to many of Europe's ruling monarchs. At the age of 20, he married Victoria, his first cousin, with whom he had nine children. Initially, he felt constrained by his role as consort, which did not afford him power or responsibilities. He gradually developed a reputation for supporting public causes, such as educational reform and the abolition of slavery worldwide, and he was entrusted with running the Queen's household, office and estates. He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was a resounding success. Victoria came to depend more and mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washington Wilson, Glassalt Shiel At Glen Muick, On The Balmoral Estate
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John Brown (servant)
John Brown (8 December 1826 – 27 March 1883) was a Scottish personal attendant and favourite of Queen Victoria for many years after working as a ghillie for Prince Albert. He was appreciated by many (including the Queen) for his competence and companionship, and resented by others (most notably her son and heir apparent, the future Edward VII, the rest of the Queen's children, ministers, and the palace staff) for his influence and informal manner. The exact nature of his relationship with Victoria was the subject of great speculation by contemporaries. Early life Brown was born on 8 December 1826 at Crathienaird, Crathie and Braemar Aberdeenshire, to Margaret Leys and John Brown, and went to work as an outdoor servant (in Scots '' ghillie'' or ''gillie'') at Balmoral Castle, which Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leased in February 1848, and purchased outright in November 1851. Brown had several younger brothers and a sister, three of whom also entered the royal service. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillie
or is an ancient Gaelic term for a person who acts as a servant or attendant on a fishing, hunting, deer stalking or hawking expedition, primarily in the Scottish Highlands or on a river such as the River Spey. In origin it referred especially to someone who attended on behalf of his male employer or guests. This position still exists in some Highland locations , such as the Isle of Skye, according to the BBC. They are no longer manservants or attendants and do not carry chiefs across rivers as in the distant past; today, they "manage the wilderness and guide travellers through it". Etymology The origin of this word dates from the late 16th century, from the Scottish Gaelic ''gille'', "lad, servant", cognate with the Irish ''giolla''. Historically, the term was used for a Highland chief's attendant. A ghillie-weetfit, a term now obsolete (a translation of "gille-caisfliuch", from the Gaelic ''cos'' 'foot' or 'leg', and ''fliuch'' 'wet'), was the ghillie whose duty was to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lochnagar
Lochnagar or is a mountain in the Mounth, in the Grampian Mountains, Grampians of Scotland. It is about south of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, River Dee near Balmoral Castle, Balmoral. It is a popular hill with hillwalking, hillwalkers, and is a noted venue for summer and ice climbing, winter rock climbing, climbing. At the foot of the mountain is a lochan, Lochan na Gaire, from which the mountain's name derives. Names The English name refers to a mountain loch in the northeast cirque, corrie, , the 'little loch of the noisy sound'. or , 'mountain of breasts' or 'Breast-shaped hill, breast-shaped mountain', is probably the original Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic name for the mountain. The summit itself is , meaning 'small cairn of faeces' in Gaelic, or less euphemistically, 'little pile of shit'. Peter Drummond, former chairman of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, has also suggested that is a corruption of ('slope'), which would lend a translation of 'little cair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mounth
The Mounth ( ) is the broad upland in northeast Scotland between the Highland Boundary and the River Dee, at the eastern end of the Grampians. Name and etymology The name ''Mounth'' is ultimately of Pictish origin. The name is derived from ''*monɪð'', meaning "mountain" (cf. Welsh ''mynydd''). It is invariably referred to as "the Mounth" and pronounced "munth". Details The ranges to the north-west are known as the Monadh Liath and the Monadh Ruadh (called the Cairngorms in English), meaning the ''Grey Mounth'' and the ''Red Mounth''. Some sources regard the Mounth as extending as far west as Drumochter Pass ( A9), but it is now generally agreed to start at the Cairnwell Pass ( A93 – highest main road pass in Britain, Glen Shee ski centre). Here, a high undulating plateau invaded by deep glacial troughs (Glen Isla, Glen Callater, Glen Muick, Glen Clova) culminates in Glas Maol () on the main watershed, with the outlying granite Lochnagar () and its surroundi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glas Allt Shiel - Geograph
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