Rickarton

Rickarton is a settlement in Aberdeenshire. It is situated on the A957 to the northwest of Stonehaven. Rickarton was served by the 105 bus between Stonehaven and Banchory until its withdrawal in 2018.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Raedykes and Meikle Carewe Hill.

Raedykes

Archaeological site

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

Raedykes is the site of a Roman marching camp located just over three miles northwest of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. National Grid Reference NO 842902. Raedykes is situated 1½ miles northeast of Rickarton.

Meikle Carewe Hill

Peak

Meikle Carewe Hill is a landform in Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. The peak elevation of this mountain is 266 metres above mean sea level. Meikle Carewe Hill is situated 2 miles north of Rickarton.

Durris Forest

Forest

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Durris Forest is a chiefly coniferous forest south of the River Dee approximately three kilometres west of Netherley in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The A957 road forms the southwest boundary of Durris Forest, separating it from Fetteresso Forest. Durris Forest is situated 2½ miles northwest of Rickarton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mergie and Tewel.

Mergie

Hamlet

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mergie is a settlement in Aberdeenshire approximately six miles west of Stonehaven, Scotland. Situated in the former Kincardineshire slightly south of the Slug Road.

Tewel

Hamlet

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tewel is a hamlet located approximately two miles west of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire on the Auchenblae Road in Northeast Scotland. It consists of:… Tewel is situated 2½ miles south of Rickarton.

Red Cloak

Quarter

Red Cloak now known as Redcloak is an industrial area of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site's settlement history is associated with events at the nearby Chapel of St. Red Cloak is situated 3 miles southeast of Rickarton.

Rickarton

Type: Hamlet
Categories: village and locality
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.99248° or 56° 59′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.304° or 2° 18′ 14″ west

Elevation

449 feet (137 metres)

Open location code

9C8VXMRW+XC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12106624175

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13277211

Wikidata ID

Q109534930

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