Banffshire , also Banff called , historic northeast county Scotland , extends from the Grampian Mountains up to North Sea . The northeast portion of the county, including the historic county seat Banff , is part of the municipal area of Aberdeenshire , while the rest of the county is in the municipality of Moray lies .
From the North Images who held the land of Banffshire in Roman times, few remains exist beyond the cairns found at Glenlivet, in found near Rothiemay and Ballindalloch Castles and elsewhere. The word Cairn is also found in many place names. The Roman advance was all but stopped by the mountains to the south, but what is believed to be a Roman camp can still be discerned at Glenbarry. The Danish invaders were more persistent and successful, and there were many bloody conflicts between them and the Scots. A violent encounter occurred near Cullen in 960, and a stone in Mortlach is said to an signal victory achieved by König remember Malcolm II. About the Norsemen in 1010.
The Shire was after the Reformation Scene of much unrest . The Catholics under the 6th Earl (later 1st Marquess) of Huntly defeated the Protestants under the 7th Earl of Argyll at Glenlivet in 1594. The period from 1624 to 1645 was a period of almost incessant fighting, when the mobilizations of the alliances associated with the frequent conflicts of clans. After 1689 the Shire was strong Jacobite ; Many lords who rebelled in the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 had sons who were princes Charles Edward , the young pretender, supported in the 1745 rebellion. The Shire itself, however, was comparatively unaffected by the uprisings. The county became more settled thereafter, although parts of Banffshire remained strongholds of Roman Catholicism . The industrial revolution The 18th and 19th centuries had little impact on the mostly agricultural county, but the picturesque Coastline , the glens and hills of Banffshire fueled the development of a tourism industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.