Knockinglews
Knockinglews is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 781 feet. Knockinglews is situated nearby to the hamlet Newbigging, as well as near East Aquhorthies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Easter Aquhorthies stone circle and Balquhain Castle.
Easter Aquhorthies stone circle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, located near Inverurie in north-east Scotland, is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected.
Balquhain Castle
Ruins
Photo: Greg Stringham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balquhain Castle is a ruined tower house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was the stronghold of the Leslies of Balquhain. The castle is located 4 kilometres west of Inverurie, and is protected as a scheduled monument.
Balquhain
Archaeological site
Photo: John Berry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balquhain is a ruined recumbent stone circle 3 miles from Inverurie in Scotland, with views to Mither Tap. Over seventy of these circles are found in lowland Aberdeenshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harlaw and The Colony.
The Colony
Locality
Photo: edward mcmaihin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Colony was a squatters' community on "commonty", or common land, on one side of Bennachie, a range of hills near Aberdeen, in Scotland.
Pitcaple
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pitcaple is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Urie 4 miles northwest of Inverurie. Nearby Pitcaple Castle is a 17th-century country house which was restored by William Burn in 1830.
Knockinglews
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 781 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.28629° or 57° 17′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.4438° or 2° 26′ 38″ westElevation
781 feet (238 metres)Open location code
9C9V7HP4+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3370906002OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12609989
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Localities in the Area
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