Dunecht
Dunecht is a slightly linear village on the A944 road in north-east Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It is not to be confused with Echt. Dunecht is located 12 miles west of the city of Aberdeen and is situated by the confluence of the Kinnernie and Bervie burns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Waterton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunecht House and Loch of Skene.
Dunecht House
House
Photo: Ian Sutherland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunecht House is a stately home on the Dunecht estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The house is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.
Loch of Skene
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Loch of Skene is a large lowland, freshwater loch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 1 mi to the west of the village of Kirkton of Skene and 9 mi west of Aberdeen. Loch of Skene is situated 2½ miles southeast of Dunecht.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Echt and Garlogie.
Echt
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Echt is an Aberdeenshire crossroads village in northeast Scotland with a population of approximately 300 people. Echt has a number of prehistoric remains, including the Barmekin of Echt which is on a hill to the northwest. Echt is situated 2½ miles south of Dunecht.
Garlogie
Village
Photo: Alan Findlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garlogie is a roadside hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was, during the 19th century, the site of a textile milling settlement using water from Loch of Skene. Garlogie is situated 3 miles southeast of Dunecht.
Skene
Village
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Skene is a small farming community in North East Scotland some 6 mi west of Aberdeen. The two traditional villages are Kirkton of Skene and Lyne of Skene. Skene is situated 3½ miles east of Dunecht.
Dunecht
- Category: locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.17241° or 57° 10′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.41149° or 2° 24′ 41″ westElevation
344 feet (105 metres)Open location code
9C9V5HCQ+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 241795517OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scots—“Dunecht” goes by many names.
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