Garioh ( Gaelic. Gairbheach [1] - "rocky region"); the cattle The Geerie [2] ; English Garioch (pronounced gee-ree )) is a historic region in the northeast of Scotland , on the coast of the North Sea north of Aberdeen . Currently, this territory is part of the Aberdeenshire region.
| Historical area | |
| Garioch | |
|---|---|
| Airbheach | |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Region | Scotland |
| History and geography | |
Content
Geography
The largest city of Garioche is Inverurie . The territory of Garyokh is a seaside hilly plain, rising in a westerly direction to quite significant mountain formations. The main river of the region is the Don .
History
The territory of Gariokh has historically been inhabited by North Pictish tribes. After the formation of the Scottish kingdom in the middle of the 9th century, Garioch probably belonged to one of the seven first Scottish counties - Marr and Buchan. However, by the middle of the XI century Garioch separated from the county of Marr and passed into the possession of the kings of Scotland directly.
King Wilhelm the Lion handed Garioch in 1182 to his brother David, Count Huntingdon . The center of the region was the castle of Danidir, standing on the Don River and its tributary Uri. After the death of David in 1219, his son and heir John Scottish, Earl Huntingdon in 1237, returned Garioch to the king’s possession [3] .
In the XIV century Garioch returned to the county of Marr. In 1411, the famous Battle of Harlow took place in the region , marking the peak of the confrontation between the mountainous and lowland parts of the country. In 1565, the title of Lord Garioch inherited the genus Erskines .
Gallery
Girl stone
Bennachie Mountains
Bennachie Mountains
Castle Fraser XV - XVI centuries
City Hall Kintore
Notes
- ↑ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain. Scottish Gaelic place names FJ // Scottish Parliament. - 2003.
- ↑ Andy Eagle. The Online Scots Dictionary (English) . Scots Online. The appeal date is October 3, 2018.
- ↑ William Forbes Skene. Celtic Scotland / David Douglas. - 2nd edition. - Edinburgh, 1890. - T. III: Land and People. - p. 69. - (Classic Reprint Series). - ISBN 978-144005510-2 .
Literature
- Davidson, John. Inverurie and the earldom of the Garioch . - Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1878.
Links
- The Lordship of Garioch: Baronage.co.uk (English)
- Map of Aberdeenshire (with Garikh displayed on it), compiled by Hermann Moll in 1732. (inaccessible link) (eng.)