Brabsterdorran

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Brabsterdorran
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Brabsterdorran
Location within the Caithness area
OS grid reference ND2360
Council area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Scotland
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UK
Scotland
58°31′44″N3°19′26″W / 58.529°N 3.324°W / 58.529; -3.324

Brabsterdorran is an area of the civil parish of Bower in Highland, Scotland. Buildings include Bower Community Hall and the Old Free Church Manse, previously derelict, but now restored and lived in by the Irwin family. The manse was featured on BBC Radio Scotland's "A House with a Past" programme. Notable residents have included David Sinclair of Brabsterdorran, who fought for the Jacobite cause in the Battle of Sheriffmuir. [1]

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War memorial at Brabsterdorran

References

  1. "Clan Sinclair timeline". ClanSinclair.org. Retrieved 8 February 2008.