Stratha'an
Stratha'an or Strathavon is the valley of the River Avon, locally called the River A'an, in the Strathspey area of Moray, Scotland. Stratha'an was a provincial lordship first recorded between 1194 and 1198, that was coextensive with the parishes of Kirkmichael and Inveravon. The Lordship of Stratha'an may have been acquired c. 1190 by Earl Duncan of Fife, and commemorated by the naming of Ben Macdui on the lordship's western boundary ( gd, Beinn Mac Duibh, lit=MacDuff's Mountain) after the Earl's kindred Clan MacDuff, though the existence of a burn called ''Allt an Gille Mícheil'' on the south eastern boundary of the lordship may commemorate the earlier Earl Gille Míchéil, suggesting the lordship may have been associated with the Earls of Fife as early as the period of the defeat of Oengus of Moray at the Battle of Stracathro in 1130. The relationship between the lordship and the Earls of Fife was certainly well-established by 1214, when Earl Malcolm granted the church of ...
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Ben Macdui
Ben Macdui ( gd, Beinn MacDuibh, meaning "MacDuff's mountain") is the second-highest mountain in Scotland and all of the British Isles, after Ben Nevis, and the highest of the Cairngorm Mountains. The summit is above sea level and it is classed as a Munro. Ben Macdui sits on the southwestern edge of the Cairngorm plateau, overlooking the Lairig Ghru pass to the west, and Loch Etchachan to the east. It lies on the boundary between the historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Banffshire. Before the production of accurate maps of Scotland in the 19th century, it was not known for certain that Ben Nevis was the highest point in Britain, and it was often thought that Ben Macdui might be higher. Following surveys of both peaks in 1846–47, Ben Nevis was confirmed as the