Chapel of Garioch is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located 4 miles (6 km) west of Inverurie. The Balquhain stone circle is nearby. The church, St...
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Garioch (Scots: The Geerie, /ˈɡɪəri/ GEER-ee, Scottish Gaelic: Gairbheach) is one of six committee areas in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has a population...
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This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Chapel of Garioch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates...
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Balquhain (redirect from The Chapel of Garioch)
altitude of c. 100 metres (330 ft) on a terraced hillside leading up to a prominent summit called Mither Tap. The circle originally consisted of 12 stones...
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Inverurie is in the strath of the River Don at the centre of Aberdeenshire and is known locally as the Heart of the Garioch. It sits between the River...
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Sarah Smith (politician) (category Alumni of Queen Mary University of London)
politician serving as the Member of Parliament for Hyndburn since 2024. Smith attended school at Chapel of Garioch Primary School and Inverurie Academy...
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Castle Fraser (category Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes)
of the grandest 'Castles of Mar'. It is located near Kemnay in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland. The castle stands in over 300 acres (1.2 km2) of...
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Kemnay, Aberdeenshire (section Places of interest)
Kemnay (Gaelic: Camnaidh) is a village 16 miles (26 km) west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village name Kemnay is believed to originate...
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Scotland, approximately 9 miles (14 kilometres) north west of Inverurie and 14 mi (23 km) south east of Huntly along the A96 road. Old Rayne is bordered by the...
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the lands of Caskieben and was doubtless the builder of the Anglo-Norman castle which superseded the old tower (NJ72SE 40). The castle of Caskieben that...
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common land in the parishes of Chapel of Garioch and Oyne on the east side of Bennachie became home to a community of squatters. This settlement was known...
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Bennachie (category Marilyns of Scotland)
na Cìche) is a range of hills in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has several tops, the highest of which, Oxen Craig, has a height of 528 metres (1,732 ft)...
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Westhill, Aberdeenshire (section Size of Westhill)
in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located 7 miles (11 km) west of the city of Aberdeen. The town of Westhill covers the area that was the Western Kinmundy and...
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part of the North East Scotland electoral region. Blackburn is within the East Garioch ward which forms part of the Garioch administrative area of Aberdeenshire...
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second son of Alexander Lumsden schoolmaster at Chapel of Garioch living at Auchinleck near New Deer. In July 1721 he was ordained as minister of Keithhall...
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Oyne is a small village in rural Aberdeenshire at the bottom of Bennachie in Scotland. The village has limited local resources. It once had a railway station...
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Scotland, the historical seat of Clan Leslie, located just to the west of Auchleven, or about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Aberdeen. It was an L-plan...
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Bheathain) is a village in the Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located approximately 28 miles (45 km) from the city of Aberdeen. Insch is home to...
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from the busy town of Inverurie. It is the birthplace of theologian William Robinson Clark. Daviot has one of the best examples of Neolithic stone circles...
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It is situated on the banks of the River Don. Nearby are the remains of Hallforest Castle, former stronghold of the Earls of Kintore. Established in the...
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partially from the remains of an existing vitrified hill fort in the same location. It consisted of a single rectangular tower of 15 m by 12.5 m with walls...
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40. Tradition has it that Mar founded Chapel of Garioch after the battle, to celebrate masses for the souls of the fallen. In 1911, Aberdeen Town Council...
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William Alexander (journalist and author) (category People from Garioch)
Kirk. William Alexander was born at Chapel of Garioch, at the foot of Bennachie, in Aberdeenshire, the eldest son of James Alexander (1789 - 1856), a blacksmith...
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obvious mark of wear and tear on the stone: a triangular notch toward the top of the monument. The legend states that the daughter of the Laird of Balquhain...
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Blairdaff (category Civil parishes of Scotland)
Blindburn Farm. Blairdaff Parish Church (Church of Scotland) is linked to the church in the Chapel of Garioch. The original church is located in Blairdaff's...
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The development of parish churches in the Diocese of Aberdeen began, as in the rest of Scotland and Europe, in the earlier Middle Ages. The expression...
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Inveramsay railway station (category Former Great North of Scotland Railway stations)
Inveramsay railway station was a railway station in the parish of Chapel of Garioch, near the Mill of Inveramsay, Aberdeenshire. It served the sparsely populated...
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hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 3 miles (5 kilometres) north of Insch. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Colpy. Colpy in the Gazetteer...
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Skene, Aberdeenshire (redirect from Kirkton of Skene)
10 km west of Aberdeen. The two traditional villages are Kirkton of Skene and Lyne of Skene. As the name suggests, Kirkton is still the location of Skene Parish...
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separate parish. At the end of the sixteenth century the parish was incorporated, along with Logie Durno, into that of Chapel of Garioch. Fetternear's parish...
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