Quarry Head
Quarry Head is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Quarry Head is situated nearby to the locality Happy Hillocks, as well as near the village Rathen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Quarryhead”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Memsie Cairn and Mormond Hill.
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.
Mormond Hill
Peak
Photo: Mindjammer, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Mormond Hill is a broad eminence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Its twin summits reach heights of 754 feet and 767 feet; the higher of the two is known as Waughton Hill. Mormond Hill is situated 2 miles south of Quarry Head.
Mormond Hill Stag
Geoglyph
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mormond Hill is a broad eminence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Its twin summits reach heights of 754 feet and 767 feet; the higher of the two is known as Waughton Hill. Mormond Hill Stag is situated 2 miles south of Quarry Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Memsie and New Leeds.
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.
New Leeds
Village
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Leeds is a planned village in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 5.1 kilometres east of Strichen at the foot of Mormond Hill. Nowadays New Leeds serves chiefly as a dormitory village for Aberdeen and Fraserburgh. New Leeds is situated 3½ miles south of Quarry Head.
Tyrie
Village
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tyrie is a hamlet and parish in the Banff and Buchan district of Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. Tyrie is located on the A98 road, around 5.5 miles south-west of Fraserburgh. Tyrie is situated 4 miles west of Quarry Head.
Quarry Head
- Category: cape
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.63386° or 57° 38′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.02639° or 2° 1′ 35″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C9VJXMF+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3806795566OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Quarry Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Quarry Head”
- Swedish: “Quarry Head”
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Localities in the Area
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