Skene War Memorial
Skene War Memorial is a memorial in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Skene War Memorial is situated nearby to the forest Easterskene Wood, as well as near Gask Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loch of Skene and Cullerlie stone circle.
Loch of Skene
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Loch of Skene is a large lowland, freshwater loch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 1 mi to the west of the village of Kirkton of Skene and 9 mi west of Aberdeen.
Cullerlie stone circle
Archaeological site
Cullerlie stone circle, also known as the Standing Stones of Echt, is a small stone circle situated near Echt, Aberdeenshire. It consists of eight irregular stones of red granite arranged at approximately equal intervals to form a circle of 10.2 m diameter, enclosing the same number of small cairns. Cullerlie stone circle is situated 2½ miles southwest of Skene War Memorial.
Westhill Academy
School
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westhill Academy is an Aberdeenshire Council secondary school in Westhill, near Aberdeen, Scotland, serving the Westhill, Elrick and Skene areas of Aberdeenshire. Westhill Academy is situated 2 miles east of Skene War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skene and Elrick.
Skene
Village
Photo: Andrew Tryon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skene is a small farming community in North East Scotland some 6 mi west of Aberdeen. The two traditional villages are Kirkton of Skene and Lyne of Skene.
Elrick
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Elrick is a small village on the A944 road 7+1⁄2 miles west of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. The name derives from a Gaelic word meaning a place where deer were driven for hunting.
Garlogie
Village
Photo: Alan Findlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garlogie is a roadside hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. During the 19th century, it was the site of a textile milling settlement using water from Loch of Skene. Garlogie is situated 1½ miles southwest of Skene War Memorial.
Skene War Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.15928° or 57° 9′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.32781° or 2° 19′ 40″ westInception
1921Open location code
9C9V5M5C+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 12986619867OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Easterskene Wood and Gask Wood.
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