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Derry, a burn of Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire, issuing from Loch Etchachan (132o feet), on the NE side of Ben Macdhui, and running 6½ miles east-south-eastward and southward, till it falls into Lui Water at Derry Lodge (1386 feet), 9 miles WNW of Castleton. The ordinary ascent of Ben Macdhui is up Glen Derry, which the Queen in her Journal describes as 'very fine, with the remnants of a splendid forest, Derry Cairngorm (3788 feet) being to the right, and Derry Water running below.'-Ord. Sur., shs. 64,65, 1874-70.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a burn" (ADL Feature Type: "streams") |
Administrative units: | Crathie and Braemar ScoP Aberdeenshire ScoCnty |
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