Due to its location on the Balmoral estate the mountain has many royal links, and Queen Victoria climbed to the summit in 1848. In the film Mrs. Brown, John Brown and Benjamin Disraeli hike up Lochnagar to discuss the need for the Queen to return to active involvement with government. It is also the setting for a children's story, The Old Man of Lochnagar, originally told by Prince Charles. The poet Lord Byron spent time in the area in his youth, and wrote the poem, Lachin y Gair (also known as Dark Lochnagar), which also forms the basis of a song which would eventually be composed by Beethoven. A malt-whisky distillery located near the Balmoral estate on the south side of the River Dee produces the Royal Lochnagar Single Malt whisky. The hill gives its name to one of the houses at Aboyne Academy. See also Ben Nevis Breast-shaped hill List of Munro mountains Lochnagar crater: The site of the largest single mine of World War I, exploded at the beginning of the Battle of the Somme. Dug from a communication trench named "Lochnagar Street". Mountains and hills of Scotland References Mountains and hills of Aberdeenshire Munros Marilyns of Scotland Mountains and hills of the Eastern Highlands Special Protection Areas in Scotland National scenic areas of Scotland One-thousanders of Scotland