TULLICH, a village, in the parish of Glenmuick-TuLLiCH-and-Glengairn,
district of Kincardine-O'Neil, county of Aberdeen, 7 miles (S. W. by W.)
from Tarland; containing 74 inhabitants. The lands,
of Tullich, situated on the north side of the river Dee,
and now annexed to Glenmuick and Glengairn, anciently
formed a distinct parish, and are more extensive than
either of the other portions of the present united parish,
being eighteen miles in length from east to west. Tullich
appears to have belonged in whole or in part to the
Knights Templars, who had a residence in the district;
and on the largest of several islands in a beautiful lake
about three miles in circumference, called Loch Cannor,
formerly stood a small fortress, said to have been built,
and occasionally occupied as a hunting-seat, by Malcolm
Canmore. In this fortress, many of the Cummings, in
133.5, took shelter after their defeat in the famous battle
of Culblean, fought between them and the forces of King
David Bruce. Soon after the Revolution, an encounter
took place here between the soldiers of King William
under the command of General Mackay, and some gentlemen
of the country with their dependents; when the
latter made so precipitous a retreat, that in derision it
was called " the race of Tullich". The village is situated
on the high road from Tarland to Ballater, from
which latter place it is distant north-eastward about two
miles.