Inverurie

Inverurie stands where the River Urie joins the Don in northeastern Scotland. Its position made the town a meeting place for routes through the fertile country of the Garioch. Northwest of the town lies Harlaw, where Donald, Lord of the Isles, met an army led by the Earl of Mar in 1411. The fiercely contested battle checked Donald's advance towards Aberdeen. Inverurie saw fighting again in December 1745, when Jacobite forces defeated government troops in the town.