Kintore
Kintore is a town and former royal burgh near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, now bypassed by the A96 road between Aberdeen and Inverness. It is situated on the banks of the River Don.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 4,560 residents
- Description: town and former royal burgh near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kintore, Aberdeenshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kintore railway station and Hallforest Castle.
Kintore railway station
Railway station
Photo: NemesisAT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kintore railway station is in Kintore, Scotland on the Aberdeen–Inverness line. Originally opened in 1854, it closed in 1964 but was reopened on a different site in 2020.
Hallforest Castle
Castle
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hallforest Castle is a keep, one of the oldest in Scotland, as it dates from the 14th century. It is about a mile and a half from Kintore, in Aberdeenshire. Alternative names are Castle of Hallforrest, Hall Forest Castle or simply Hallforrest.
Broomend, henge, standing stones and symbol stone
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broomend, henge, standing stones and symbol stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles north of Kintore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinmuck and Blackburn.
Kinmuck
Village
Photo: Ballogie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinmuck, Aberdeenshire, is a small village just outside Inverurie in the north-east of Scotland. Kinmuck is situated 2½ miles northeast of Kintore.
Blackburn
Village
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Blackburn is a village northwest of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is situated in Aberdeenshire. Local amenities include an industrial estate, primary school, nursing home, local Co-op and a community hall. Blackburn is situated 3 miles southeast of Kintore.
Hatton of Fintray
Village
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Hatton of Fintray, commonly referred to as Fintray, is a village on the River Don in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the parish of Fintray. It was a textile village and its church dates from 1821, and there used to be a nearby ferry crossing the river. Hatton of Fintray is situated 3 miles east of Kintore.
Kintore
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.23699° or 57° 14′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.34553° or 2° 20′ 44″ westPopulation
4,560Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB KOROpen location code
9C9V6MP3+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 21525582OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kintore” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كينتور”
- Asturian: “Kintore”
- Basque: “Kintore”
- Breton: “Kintore”
- Cebuano: “Kintore”
- Dutch: “Kintore”
- French: “Kintore”
- German: “Kintore”
- Irish: “Ceann Tòrr”
- Italian: “Kintore”
- Japanese: “キントア”
- Persian: “کینتور”
- Scots: “Kintair”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann Tòrr”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann-an-Tor”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kintore”
- Spanish: “Kintore”
- Swedish: “Kintore, Skottland”
- Swedish: “Kintore”
- Welsh: “Kintore”
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