Wester Braehead
Wester Braehead is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Wester Braehead is situated nearby to the locality Mosstown, as well as near Crow Hillock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomnaverie stone circle and Loch Davan.
Tomnaverie stone circle
Photo: Silkie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tomnaverie stone circle is a recumbent stone circle set on the top of a small hill in lowland northeast Scotland. Construction started around 2500 BC, in the Bronze Age, to produce a monument of thirteen granite stones including a massive 6.5-ton recumbent stone lying on its side along the southwest of the circle's perimeter. Tomnaverie stone circle is situated 2 miles east of Wester Braehead.
Loch Davan
Lake
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Loch Davan is a small, triangular, freshwater loch approximately 5 mi northeast of Ballater, Scotland and lying immediately north of Loch Kinord. It is approximately 0.75 mi in length and was formed from a glacial kettle hole. Loch Davan is situated 2 miles south of Wester Braehead.
St Moluag’s Church, Cromar Drive, Tarland
Church
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St Moluag’s Church, Cromar Drive, Tarland is situated 2 miles east of Wester Braehead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Logie Coldstone and Tarland.
Logie Coldstone
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Logie Coldstone is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village lies north of the River Dee, near Tarland in the Cromar, a basin of land cut out of the Grampian foothills between Aboyne and Ballater.
Tarland
Village
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Tarland is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland 5 miles northwest of Aboyne, and 30 miles west of Aberdeen. Tarland is situated 1½ miles east of Wester Braehead.
Dinnet
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dinnet is a village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Approximately equidistant from Deeside towns Aboyne and Ballater and situated on the main A93 road in the valley of the River Dee, it is said to be the gateway to both the Highlands and the Cairngorms National Park. Dinnet is situated 3½ miles south of Wester Braehead.
Wester Braehead
- Type: Locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.12466° or 57° 7′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.90238° or 2° 54′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C9V43FX+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 12099562005OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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