Banchory

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Banchory (Scots: Banchry, from Scottish Gaelic: Beannchar) is a burgh or town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is about 18 miles west of Aberdeen, near where the Feugh River meets the River Dee.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banchory
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Coordinates:   57°3'22"N   2°29'45"W

Comments

  • full of toffs!
  • Birthplace of Scott Skinner, "The Strathspey King", in 1843.
  • There is a continental-style sanatorium building at Tor na-Dee (where inter alia Somerset Maugham was once treated) but now unused and neglected, although other more modern hospital facilities have been built in the neighbouring woodland.
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