Morven, Aberdeenshire

Morven is a Corbett in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 871 m high.The poet, Lord Byron, who spent some of his childhood in the area, mentions the mountain in his poem, When I Roved a Young Highlander:When I rov'd a young Highlander o'er the dark heath,And climb'd thy steep summit, oh Morven of snow!To gaze on the torrent that thunder'd beneath,Or the mist of the tempest that gather'd below; Untutor'd by science, a stranger to fear,And rude as the rocks, where my infancy grew,No feeling, save one, to my bosom was dear;Need I say, my sweet Mary, 'twas centred in you? The Mary mentioned here is Mary Duff, Byron's first love.

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Aboyne
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Mountain

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