Cottown

Cottown is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Cottown is situated nearby to the village Rhynie, as well as near the locality Cushnie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhynie and Kearn war memorial and Tap o’ Noth.

Rhynie and Kearn war memorial

Work of art

Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhynie and Kearn war memorial is a work of art.

The Tap o' Noth is a hill and the name of a hillfort on its summit, 8 miles south of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at grid reference NJ485293. It is the second highest fort in Scotland and its main feature is its well-preserved vitrified wall which encloses an area of approximately 100 m by 30 m, 0.3 hectares. Tap o’ Noth is situated 2 miles northwest of Cottown.

St Mary’s Kirk

Ruins

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St Mary's Kirk at Auchindoir, between Rhynie and Lumsden, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is one of the country's finest surviving medieval parish kirks. The main doorway is early Romanesque, and there is a well-preserved early 16th-century sacrament house, similar to those at Deskford and Kinkell. St Mary’s Kirk is situated 2½ miles southwest of Cottown.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rhynie and Kennethmont.

Rhynie

Village

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhynie is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is on the A97 road, 14 miles northwest of Alford. Though only having a population of about 500 people today, research suggests that it was likely to have been home to thousands 1400 years ago.

Kennethmont

Village

Photo: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kennethmont is a village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 8 miles south of Huntly. It has a population of approximately 470 people. Kennethmont is situated 2½ miles northeast of Cottown.

Gartly

Village

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gartly is an inland hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is several miles south of the town of Huntly, and sits on the River Bogie, a tributary of the River Deveron. The parish in which it is located also takes its name. Gartly is situated 3½ miles north of Cottown.

Cottown

Type: Locality
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.32931° or 57° 19′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.8194° or 2° 49′ 10″ west

Elevation

709 feet (216 metres)

Open location code

9C9V85HJ+P6

GeoNames ID

13278353

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