Old photograph of the village green in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In 1715 Aboyne was the scene of a tinchal, or great hunt, organised by John Erskine, sixth Earl of Mar, on 3 September, as a cover for the gathering of Jacobite nobles and lairds to discuss a planned Jacobite uprising. The uprising began three days later in Braemar. Aboyne is unusual in having The Green on which events are held, as the village was modelled by one of the first Marquesses of Huntly, inhabitants of Aboyne Castle, on a traditional English village with a green at the centre. Few Scottish towns have such an asset.
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