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| | Scottish Highlands Explorer: Moray,Badenoch & Strathspey Map |
 | | This area follows the course of the river Spey from its origins in the central highlands, through the Cairngorm mountains, the main centre for Scottish winter sports, on past the country's most famous whisky distilling area, to its mouth in the historic county of Moray. |
 | | Kingussie, near the head of the river, was the seat of Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch, outlawed son of King Robert II, who "exercised despotic tyranny over his vassals, spreading terror and dismay throughout adjacent districts", including burning down Elgin cathedral in 1390 after the bishop excommunicated him. |
 | | The site of Alexander's castle is now occupied by the ruins of Ruthven barracks, erected soon after the 1715 rebellion to keep the local inhabitants in check. |
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