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Benabourd (Gael. beinn-a-bhuird, ` flat or table mountain '), one of the Cairngorms, in Crathie and Braemar parish, SW Aberdeenshire, to the N of the upper glen of Quoich Water, and 7 miles NW of Castleton of Braemar. A broad-backed granite ridge, abounding in beautiful rock crystals, it has two summits 1¾ mile apart, the southern being 3860, and the northern (upon the Banffshire boundary) 3924, feet above the level of the sea. The latter, from a perfectly flat top, commands a magnificent view; and was ascended by the Queen and the Prince Consort, 6 Sept. 1850. See pp. 87,88, of the Queen's Journal (ed. 1877).
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "one of the Cairngorms" (ADL Feature Type: "mountains") |
| Administrative units: | Crathie and Braemar Parish Aberdeenshire County |
| Place names: | BEINN A BHUIRD | BENABOURD |
| Place: | Beinn A Bhuird |
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