Ballater
Ballater,
( Gaelic for the town on a sloping hill ), is a village in
the parish of Glenmuick, old Aberdeenshire It is located on
the left bank of the River Dee, crossed at Ballater by a fine
bridge. Founded in 1770 to provide accommodation for the visitors
to the mineral wells of Pannanich, to the East, it has since
become a popular summer resort. It contains the Albert Memorial
Hall and the old barracks for the sovereigns bodyguard, used
when royalty was is in residence at Balmoral.
Red
granite is the chief building material of the houses. Ballatrich
farm, where Byron spent part of his boyhood, lies some 4 miles
away.
