Ratchhill
Ratchhill is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Ratchhill is situated nearby to the locality Drumshalloch, as well as near Clovenstone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 1½ miles north of Ratchhill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kintore and Inverurie.
Kintore
Town
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Inverurie
Town
Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdeenshire is a county in the north east of Scotland. It's a long way north - the coastline around Fraserburgh is further north than Newfoundland - but it's mostly lowland, fertile and productive, having more in common with the central belt of Scotland than with the Highlands. Inverurie is situated 2½ miles north of Ratchhill.
Kemnay
Town
Photo: Mike Stephen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kemnay is a village 16 miles west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Kemnay is situated 2½ miles west of Ratchhill.
Ratchhill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.24548° or 57° 14′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.37751° or 2° 22′ 39″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
9C9V6JWC+5XGeoNames ID
6269292
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