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Braemar has been a strategically important area since very early times. The earliest settlement is believed to have been near the raised mound where Braemar Castle is now situated and the first church dedicated to St Andrew in Scotland was built here. In the 10th century, King Kenneth Macalpin enjoyed sport here. The rocky hill which forms the backdrop to the village bears his name. Kenneth’s Crag, Creag Choinnnich Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote much of Treasure Island in a cottage in Braemar