world.wikisort.org - United_KingdomBirse (Scottish Gaelic: Braois/Breis) is a parish in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which includes the communities of Finzean and Ballogie. However the name Birse is often used to refer only to the northwestern part of the parish which lies on the south side of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, opposite the village of Aboyne. The south-west part of the parish is a sparsely populated upland area known as the Forest of Birse, which gives its name to one of the houses at Aboyne Academy.
For the Swiss river, see
Birs.
Human settlement in Scotland
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OS grid reference | NO5597 |
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Country | Scotland |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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57.06°N 02.74°W / 57.06; -02.74 |
Etymology and name
The name Birse was recorded in 1157 as Brass.[1] The origin of the name is uncertain, although toponymist Simon Taylor has suggested derivation from a possible Pictish cognate of the Welsh adjective bras, in names meaning "bulky, large, fertile".[1] However, place-names rarely consist of simplex adjectives.
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Settlements and places of interest in Marr, Aberdeenshire |
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Primary settlements |
- Aboyne
- Alford
- Ballater
- Banchory
- Braemar
- Huntly
- Lumphanan
- Tarland
- Torphins
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Other settlements |
- Backburn
- Bellabeg
- Birse
- Birsemore
- Bogniebrae
- Brathens
- Brideswell
- Cairnie
- Corgarff
- Crathie
- Dinnet
- Finzean
- Forgue
- Gartly
- Inverey
- Keig
- Kennethmont
- Kildrummy
- Kincardine O'Neil
- Kirkton of Tough
- Logie Coldstone
- Lost
- Lumsden
- Monymusk
- Potarch
- Rhynie
- Ruthven
- Strachan
- Strathdon
- Tillyfourie
- Tornaveen
- Towie
- Tullich
- Whitehouse
- Ythanwells
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Places of interest |
- Alford Valley Railway
- Badenyon
- Balmoral Castle
- Blelack
- Braemar Castle
- Burn O'Vat
- Cairn O' Mounth
- Cairngorms National Park
- Castle Forbes
- Corgarff Castle
- Craigievar Castle
- Crathes Castle
- Crathie Kirk
- Forest of Birse
- Grampian Transport Museum
- Huntly Castle
- Kildrummy Castle
- Lochnagar
- Royal Deeside
- Royal Deeside Railway
- Yonder Bognie
- Ythan Wells (Glenmailen) Roman Camp
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