Forest of Birse
The Forest of Birse is a remote upland area in the upper catchment of the Water of Feugh, which forms the south-western portion of the Parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: PACJac199, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birse Castle.
Birse Castle
Castle
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birse Castle is located in the Forest of Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Originally a square tower house, it was rebuilt in the first decade of the 20th century into an L-plan structure.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aboyne and Finzean.
Aboyne
Town
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aboyne is a village on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, approximately 30 miles west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and is home to the oldest 18 hole golf course on Royal Deeside. Aboyne is situated 4½ miles north of Forest of Birse.
Finzean
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Finzean is a rural community, electoral polling district, community council area and former ecclesiastical parish, which forms the southern part of the Parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Finzean is situated 5 miles east of Forest of Birse.
Forest of Birse
- Type: Evergreen forest
- Description: forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: forest
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.00836° or 57° 0′ 30″ northLongitude
-2.7638° or 2° 45′ 50″ westElevation
1,522 feet (464 metres)Open location code
9C9V265P+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 211019246OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Forest of Birse” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Forest of Birse”
- Egyptian Arabic: “غابة بيرس”
- Swedish: “Forest of Birse”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forest of Birse Kirk and Brackenstake.
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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 “Forest of Birse”. Photo: PACJac199, Public domain.