Fordoun
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Fordoun Station”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Auchenblae Parish Church and Bruce Fountain, High Street, Auchenblae.
Auchenblae Parish Church
Church
Photo: Chh bck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Auchenblae Parish Church is situated 2 miles northwest of Fordoun.
Bruce Fountain, High Street, Auchenblae
Memorial
Photo: Lloyd Housley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bruce Fountain, High Street, Auchenblae is a memorial, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Fordoun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Auchenblae and Glenbervie.
Auchenblae
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Auchenblae is situated 2 miles northwest of Fordoun.
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 3 miles north of Fordoun.
Arbuthnott
Village
Photo: Lloyd Housley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arbuthnott is a hamlet and parish in the Howe of the Mearns, a low-lying agricultural district of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located on the B967, east of Fordoun and north-west of Inverbervie. Arbuthnott is situated 3 miles east of Fordoun.
Fordoun
- Category: locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.87354° or 56° 52′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.41239° or 2° 24′ 45″ westElevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
9C8VVHFQ+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 785388763OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Fordoun” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fordoun”
- Dutch: “Fordoun”
- French: “Fordoun”
- Irish: “Fordun”
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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 “Fordoun”. Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.