Inverey
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Inverey is a hamlet on Mar Lodge Estate, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that straddles the Ey Burn close to its confluence with the River Dee.
Inverey comprises two 'communities' separated by the Ey Burn - Muckle Inverey on the east bank and Little Inverey on the west. On the western edge of Inverey is a SYHA Hostel that is only open during the summer.
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[edit] John Farquharson, 3rd of Inverey
During the Jacobite rising of John Graham of Claverhouse following the arrival, in November 1688, of William and Mary in Britain - John Farquharson was commissioned as Colonel by John Graham. Due to his swarthy complexion, John Farquharson is usually referred to as the Black Colonel. The Black Colonel participated in this rising, and after preventing a Government force of 100 men from occupying Braemar Castle he burnt it preventing its use by Government troops.
The final clash of the rising came on 17th July 1689 at the battle of Killiecrankie - where John Graham was killed. After this battle John Farquharson returned to the Braemar area - frequently staying at his home in Inverey Castle. During at least one visit by the ‘red-coats’ led him to hide-out in Glen Ey (pronounced like eye) on the shelf of rock still known as The Colonel's Bed. The ‘red-coats’ made do with plundering and burning the castle - the Black Colonel's loyal retainers ensuring he died of old-age about 1698, and was buried in Inverey.
The ruins of the old castle are still visible a short distance to the north of the road through Inverey, and the old burial-ground a short distance to the north-west of it.
In 1798 - Inverey was added to Mar Estate by James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife.
[edit] Other notables
John Lamont a highly regarded astronomer was born at Corriemulzie near Inverey the the son of Robert Lamont (forester to James Duff) and his wife Elizabeth Ewan.[1]
In 1934 the Deeside Field Club erected a memorial to John Lamont in Inverey. The gray granite memorial stands on the south side of the road about the middle of Muckle Inverey.
[edit] Gallery
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 Memorial to John Lamont |
 Inverey |
 Victoria Bridge, Inverey |
[edit] Sources
- Watson, Adam (1975), The Cairngorms, The Scottish Mountaineering Trust, Edinburgh
- Wyness, Fenton (1968), Royal Valley : The Story Of The Aberdeenshire Dee, Alex P. Reid & Son, Aberdeen
[edit] External links
- ^ "Centenaries of 2005" (October 2005). Astronomical Society of Edinburgh Journal (49).
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