INVERURIE, royal burgh and parish, Aberdeenshire, Scot land, situated at the confluence of the rivers Don and Ury, 164 m. N.W. of Aberdeen by rail, on the L.N.E. railway. Pop. (1931) Paper-making and the making of mineral waters are the chief manufactures. It also contains railway workshops and is a summer resort. At Harlaw, about 3 m. to the N.W., was fought in 1411 the great battle between Donald, lord of the Isles, and the royal forces under the earl of Mar. Not far from the scene
of this conflict stands Balquhain Castle, a seat of the Leslies, now a mere shell, which was occupied by Queen Mary in Sep tember 1562 before the fight at Corrichie between her forces, led by the earl of Moray, and those of the earl of Huntly. Near Bennachie (1,619 ft.) are stone circles and monoliths. There is a branch line from Inverurie to Old Meldrum.