Scotland
North East Scotland
Aberdeenshire

Skene

Skene is a small farming community in North East some 6 mi west of . The two traditional villages are Kirkton of Skene and Lyne of Skene.
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Photo: Andrew Tryon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 12,200 residents
  • Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • Also known as: “Kirkton of Skene”, “Lyne of Skene”, and “Skene, Aberdeenshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loch of Skene and Cullerlie stone circle.

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is a large lowland, freshwater loch in , . It lies approximately 1 mi to the west of the village of Kirkton of Skene and 9 mi west of .

Archaeological site
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, also known as the Standing Stones of Echt, is a small stone circle situated near . It consists of eight irregular stones of red granite arranged at approximately equal intervals to form a circle of 10.2 m diameter, enclosing the same number of small cairns. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Skene.

School
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is an Aberdeenshire Council secondary school in , near , , serving the Westhill, and Skene areas of Aberdeenshire. is situated 1½ miles east of Skene.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elrick and Garlogie.

Village
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is a small village on the A944 road 7+1⁄2 miles west of the city of , Scotland. The name derives from a Gaelic word meaning a place where deer were driven for hunting.

Village
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is a roadside hamlet in , Scotland. It was, during the 19th century, the site of a textile milling settlement using water from . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Skene.

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is a town in , seven miles west of . It was built as a "greenfield" commuter town and industrial park from 1968, and by 2020 had grown to a population of 12,110.

Skene

Latitude
57.16018° or 57° 9′ 37″ north
Longitude
-2.32732° or 2° 19′ 38″ west
Population
12,200
Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)
Open location code
9C9V5M6F+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1293673034
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2645207
Wiki­data ID
Q3986
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Skene” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Skene (Aberdeenshire)”
  • Basque: “Skene”
  • Catalan: “Skene”
  • Dutch: “Skene”
  • French: “Skene”
  • German: “Skene”
  • Irish: “Sgainn”
  • Italian: “Skene”
  • Japanese: “カークトンスケン”
  • Japanese: “スキーン”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Skene”
  • Spanish: “Skene”
  • Swedish: “Skene, Aberdeenshire”
  • Swedish: “Skene”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skene”. Photo: Andrew Tryon, CC BY-SA 2.0.