Auchenblae
Auchenblae is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, formerly in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The village was known for its weavers, a whisky distillery and the annual Paldie's Fair horse market.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 567 residents
- Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Auchinblae”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Auchenblae Parish Church and Bruce Fountain, High Street, Auchenblae.
Bruce Fountain, High Street, Auchenblae
Memorial
Photo: Lloyd Housley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bruce Fountain, High Street, Auchenblae is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fordoun and Glenbervie.
Fordoun
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordoun is a parish and village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Fothirdun, as it was historically known, was an important area in the Howe of the Mearns. Fordoun and Auchenblae, together with their immediate districts form the Parish of Fordoun with the Parish Church in the vicinity of the original settlement, now absorbed by Auchenblae. Fordoun is situated 2 miles southeast of Auchenblae.
Glenbervie
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenbervie is located in the north east of Scotland in the Howe o' the Mearns, one mile from the village of Drumlithie and eight miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. Glenbervie is situated 2½ miles northeast of Auchenblae.
Drumlithie
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumlithie is a village in the Howe of the Mearns in southern Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Situated seven miles south of Stonehaven in the parish of Glenbervie, it is affectionately known by locals as "Skite", although the origin of this name remains disputed. Drumlithie is situated 4 miles east of Auchenblae.
Auchenblae
- Category: locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.89854° or 56° 53′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.45009° or 2° 27′ 0″ westPopulation
567Elevation
361 feet (110 metres)Open location code
9C8VVGXX+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 60481123OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656821Wikidata ID
Q758601
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Auchenblae” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Auchenblae”
- Dutch: “Auchenblae”
- French: “Auchenblae”
- German: “Auchenblae”
- German: “Auchinblae”
- Greek: “Ώχενμπλέι”
- Irish: “Achadh nam Bláth”
- Spanish: “Auchenblae”
- Swedish: “Auchenblae”
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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 “Auchenblae”. Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.