Vat, a cave and a burn in Glenmuick parish, Aberdeenshire. The cave, opening vertically, and shaped somewhat like a vat, was a retreat of the famons freebooter Gilderoy. The burn traverses the cave, augmenting its romantic appearance, and passes into the W end of Loch Kinord.
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