Bennachie
Bennachie is a range of hills in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It has several tops, the highest of which, Oxen Craig, has a height of 528 metres. Though not particularly high, compared to other peaks within Scotland, the mountain is very prominent, owing to its isolation and the relative flatness of the surrounding terrain, and dominates the skyline from several viewpoints.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Mither Tap of Bennachie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Colony and Oyne.
The Colony
Locality
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The Colony was a squatters' community on "commonty", or common land, on one side of Bennachie, a range of hills near Aberdeen, in Scotland. The Colony is situated 2½ miles east of Bennachie.
Oyne
Village
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Oyne is a small village in rural Aberdeenshire at the bottom of Bennachie in Scotland. Oyne is situated 3 miles north of Bennachie.
Auchleven
Village
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Auchleven is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Located approximately 4 miles south of Insch, 17 mi south of Huntly and 12 mi north-west of Inverurie. It is also known as Premnay, the name of the parish in which it is located. Auchleven is situated 3 miles northwest of Bennachie.
Bennachie
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,732 feet
- Description: range of hills in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Swedish—“Bennachie” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Bennachie”
- Bulgarian: “Беначие”
- Cebuano: “Bennachie”
- Chinese: “班納澈山”
- Chinese: “班纳澈山”
- Dutch: “Bennachie”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بيناكى”
- German: “Bennachie”
- Irish: “Beinn na Cíche”
- Japanese: “ベナーキー”
- Ladin: “Bennachie”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bennachie”
- Swedish: “Bennachie”
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Notable Places Nearby
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