Braeriach, a mountain on the mutual border of Braemar in Aberdeenshire, and Rothiemurchus in Invernessshire. It is one of the Cairngorm Grampians, and has an altitude of 4248 feet above sea-level. Its north-western acclivities overhang Glenmuick, and abound in terrific precipices, 2000 feet in height; and its south-eastern shoulder contains the northern source of the river Dee, at a spot only 498 feet lower than the mountain's apex.
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