Rathen
Rathen is a village in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Rathen is situated nearby to the locality Happy Hillocks, as well as near Quarry Head.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Memsie Cairn.
Memsie Cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Memsie Cairn is an ancient cairn in Memsie, near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the last remaining cairn of the § Cairns Of Memsie. The burial cairn was constructed during the Bronze Age and finds from the site suggest it was used up into the Medieval period. Memsie Cairn is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rathen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Memsie and St Combs.
Memsie
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Memsie, Aberdeenshire, is a small community near Fraserburgh, Scotland. On Memsie Moor there is a very large stone cairn, Memsie Cairn, which has been opened, but nothing found inside. Memsie is situated 2 miles northwest of Rathen.
St Combs
Village
Photo: Ken Pickering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Combs is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, immediately southeast of Inverallochy. It has existed since at least the 17th century, and takes its name from a church to St Colm that used to exist in the area and was abandoned in 1607. St Combs is situated 3½ miles northeast of Rathen.
Inverallochy and Cairnbulg
Village
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The villages of Inverallochy and Cairnbulg lie some 4 miles east of Fraserburgh, in North East Scotland. It formerly consisted of the three fishing villages of Brandesburgh, Cairnbulg and Inverallochy, but the former village has since disappeared… Inverallochy and Cairnbulg is situated 3½ miles northeast of Rathen.
Rathen
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.63695° or 57° 38′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.00128° or 2° 0′ 5″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9C9VJXPX+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 5963021434OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639623
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