May Craig
May Craig is a rocky island situated along the North Sea coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. May Craig lies about one half mile south of Newtonhill and a mile northeast of the village of Muchalls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Muchalls Castle and Saint Ternan’s Church.
Muchalls Castle
Castle
Photo: Anlace, Public domain.
Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well-preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century tower house structure, built by the Frasers of Muchalls. Muchalls Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of May Craig.
Saint Ternan’s Church
Church
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint Ternan's Church is an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Brechin, near Muchalls in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The oldest church building in the Diocese of Brechin, it was built in 1831 as a simple country church on land granted by the owners of Muchalls Castle.
Auld Bourtreebush
Archaeological site
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auld Bourtreebush is a large Neolithic stone circle near Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is also known as Old Bourtree Bush or Old Bourtreebush. Auld Bourtreebush is situated 1½ miles north of May Craig.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newtonhill and Cammachmore.
Newtonhill
Town
Photo: Iain Millar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtonhill is a town in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is popular due to its location, just nine miles south of Aberdeen with easy reach of Stonehaven and with views over the North Sea.
Cammachmore
Village
Cammachmore is a hamlet in the coastal region near the North Sea in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies slightly west of the A92 road and the ancient Causey Mounth passes through the community.
Chapelton
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chapelton is a 810 hectares new town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 10 miles south of Aberdeen. It is situated close to the A92 and Newtonhill. The town plan was led by the Elsick Development Company.
May Craig
- Type: Rock
- Description: rock formation near Newtonhill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, rock formation, and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Swedish—“May Craig” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মে ক্রেগ”
- Catalan: “May Craig”
- Cebuano: “May Craig (bato sa Hiniusang Gingharian, lat 57,03, long -2,15)”
- Cebuano: “May Craig”
- Dutch: “May Craig”
- Russian: “Мэй Крэйг”
- Spanish: “May Craig”
- Swedish: “May Craig, Newtonhill”
- Swedish: “May Craig”
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