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Extract from the Braemar Travel Guides:
The road rises to 1100ft above sea level in the upper part of Deeside and the village of
BRAEMAR
, situated where three passes meet and overlooked by an unremarkable
castle
(July & Aug daily 9.30am-5.30pm; Easter-June, Sept & Oct closed Fri; 3). This is an invigorating, outdoor kind of place, well patronized by committed hikers, but probably best known for its Highland Games, the annual
Braemar Gathering
, on the first Saturday of September (
). Games were first held here in the eleventh century, when Malcolm Canmore set contests for the local clans in order to pick the bravest and...
read the whole Braemar Travel Guides...
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