Drummuir is a small village in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, in the traditional county of Banffshire

Banffshire

The County of Banff is a registration county for property, and Banffshire is a Lieutenancy area of Scotland.The County of Banff, also known as Banffshire, was a local government county of Scotland with its own county council between 1890 and 1975. The county town was Banff although the largest...

, and in the Moray

Moray

Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...

 council area. It is between Dufftown

Dufftown

Dufftown is a burgh in Banffshire, Scotland.The town was originally named Mortlach in the Middle Ages, until the 19th century when the Earl of Fife built the town as a housing for soldiers returning home from war...

 (five miles), Keith (seven/eight miles) and Huntly (nine miles).

Its old name was Botriphnie, and this is the name still sometimes used for the parish. Drummuir comes from Druim Iubhair, Scottish Gaelic for "Yew Ridge"; the name Botriphnie (Both Draighnigh), may come from Pictish

Pictish language

Pictish is a term used for the extinct language or languages thought to have been spoken by the Picts, the people of northern and central Scotland in the Early Middle Ages...

 origins and be a "Pit-" name, meaning "Thorn Farm".

Drummuir's biggest building is "Drummuir Castle", a Strawberry Hill

Strawberry Hill House

Strawberry Hill is the Gothic Revival villa of Horace Walpole which he built in the second half of the 18th century in what is now an affluent area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in Twickenham, London...

-type Gothic Victorian

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 building, with extensive gardens. The castle was built by the Gordon-Duffs who are still the main landowners in the area.

The Keith and Dufftown Railway

Keith and Dufftown Railway

The Keith and Dufftown Railway is a heritage railway in Scotland, running for from Keith Town railway station, Keith to Dufftown railway station, Dufftown via Drummuir ....

 runs by the village from a defunct distillery. It is rarely used now, but is still in good condition.

The River Isla

River Isla, Moray

The River Isla is a tributary of the River Deveron in North-East Scotland. The area surrounding it is known as Strathisla...

 which flows down to Keith through Strathisla, and Davidston Burn (or Davieburn), a small tributary of the Isla are the two main rivers in the area. Ben Rinnes

Ben Rinnes

Ben Rinnes is a mountain in Moray, in northern Scotland. The mountain is popular with hikers with the sight from the summit that is described as truly amazing....

is clearly visible to the east, and makes a strong visual impression.

In 2002, this normally peaceful community was disturbed when a body of a teenage girl was found there. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=742762002