BRAEMAR, a district in south-west Aberdeenshire, Scotland, extending 24m. from Ballater (east) to Glen Dee (west), with a breadth of 3 to 6m. Glen Dee lies among hills from i,000 to nearly 3,000ft. high. The villages and clachans (Gaelic for hamlet) from 600 to more than I ,000f t. above the sea, have pure and bracing air. The deer forests comprise the royal forests of Balmoral and Ballochbuie, Glen Ey Forest, Mar Forest and Invercauld Forest. Castles, mansions and lodges, mostly in Scottish baronial style, include Balmoral (q.v.) and Abergeldie Castles belonging to the crown, Invercauld House, Braemar Castle, Mar Lodge and Old Mar Lodge. Braemar (Castleton of Braemar) is the foremost village, the capital of the Deeside Highlands. The well-known Braemar Gathering for highland games is held in a park near the village. Not far from the spot where the brawling Clunie joins the Dee the earl of Mar raised the standard of revolt in 1715. His seat, Braemar Castle, reputed to be a hunting-lodge of Malcolm Canmore, was forfeit along with the estates. The new castle built by the purchasers in 172o was later acquired by Farquharson of Invercauld, who gave the Gov ernment the use of it after the battle of Culloden.