Cot-town Hill

Places of Interest

Fetternear Palace

Ruins

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fetternear Bishop's Palace is an archaeological site of what was one of the palaces of the medieval bishops of Aberdeen. It is near Kemnay in Aberdeenshire. Later, a ruined tower-house and mansion of Fetternear House were built on part of the site.

Kemnay Academy

School

Photo: John Aldersey-Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kemnay Academy is a secondary school in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, situated on the banks of the River Don. It is one of seventeen secondary schools run by Aberdeenshire Council and has roughly 1000 pupils.

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. Easter Aquhorthies stone circle is situated 2 miles north of Cot-town Hill.

Places in the Area

Kemnay

Town

Photo: Mike Stephen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kemnay is a village 16 miles west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The Colony

Locality

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The Colony was a squatters' community on "commonty", or common land, on one side of Bennachie, a range of hills near Aberdeen, in Scotland. The Colony is situated 3 miles northwest of Cot-town Hill.

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 4 miles northeast of Cot-town Hill.

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