Balbithan Island
Balbithan Island is an island in Scotland, United Kingdom. Balbithan Island is situated nearby to the town Kintore, as well as near the locality Wester Fintrae.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kintore railway station and Hallforest Castle.
Kintore railway station
Railway station
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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. Hallforest Castle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Balbithan Island.
Broomend, henge, standing stones and symbol stone
Archaeological site
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Broomend, henge, standing stones and symbol stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Balbithan Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kintore and Kinmuck.
Kintore
Town
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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.
Kinmuck
Village
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Kinmuck, Aberdeenshire, is a small village just outside Inverurie in the north-east of Scotland. Kinmuck is situated 2½ miles northeast of Balbithan Island.
Hatton of Fintray
Village
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Hatton of Fintray, commonly referred to as Fintray, is a village on the River Don in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the parish of Fintray. It was a textile village and its church dates from 1821, and there used to be a nearby ferry crossing the river. Hatton of Fintray is situated 2½ miles east of Balbithan Island.
Balbithan Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Balbithan Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Balbithan Island”
- Swedish: “Balbithan Island”
Localities in the Area
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