Inverey (; ) is a

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, in

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, Scotland.

Description

The hamlet 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. The ruins of John Farquharson's 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

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John Farquharson, 3rd of Inverey Inverey (; ) is a hamlet (place), hamlet on Mar Lodge Estate, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Description The hamlet straddles the Ey Burn close to its confluence with the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, River Dee. Inverey comprises two 'communities' ...

During the 1689 Jacobite rising of John Graham of

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following the arrival, in November 1688, of

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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

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he burnt it preventing its use by Government troops. The final clash of the rising came on 17 July 1689 at the battle of

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– 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 iy, not 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.

John Lamont

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was a highly regarded

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was born at

Corriemulzie Corriemulzie is a locality on Mar Lodge Estate, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Corriemulzie lies on the Linn of Dee road about 3 miles west of Braemar. The locality includes the Corriemulzie Burn that flows through the Linn of Corriemulzie, and under t ...

near Inverey the son of Robert Lamont (forester to James, 2nd Earl Fife) and his wife Elizabeth Ewan. 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.

Gallery

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{{authority control Villages in Aberdeenshire Places and place names on Mar Lodge Estate