Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ballater

Ballater, vil. with ry. sta., Glenmuick par., SW. Aberdeenshire, 43½ miles SW. of Aberdeen by rail and 572 from London, pop. 759; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. It is much resorted to in the summer months on account of its bracing air, the vil. having an alt. of 668 ft. To the N. of the vil. is a precipitous chasm called The Pass of Ballater.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Glenmuick Tullich and Glencairn ScoP       Ballater Burgh       Aberdeenshire ScoCnty
Place: Ballater

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