Lawel Hill

Lawel Hill is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 774 feet. Lawel Hill is situated near the hamlet Pitgaveny, as well as near Woodside of Thornton.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kirkton of Bourtie stone circle and Sheldon stone circle.

Kirkton of Bourtie stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: stu smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkton of Bourtie stone circle is a recumbent stone circle located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is situated about 2+3⁄4 miles to the northeast of Inverurie at the end of a south-facing hillside just outside the hamlet of Kirkton of Bourtie.

Sheldon stone circle

Archaeological site

Sheldon stone circle is a prehistoric stone circle located to the south of Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Inverurie railway station

Railway station

Photo: Scott Cormie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Inverurie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, which is mostly single track north of this point, between Kintore and Insch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oldmeldrum and Inverurie.

Oldmeldrum

Town

Photo: Jim Benvie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oldmeldrum is a village and parish in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, not far from Inverurie in North East Scotland. Oldmeldrum is home to one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland, Glen Garioch, which was built in 1797.

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.