Black Hill
Black Hill is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Black Hill is situated nearby to the quarter Braehead, as well as near Old Town.Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunnottar Castle and Dunnicaer.
Dunnottar Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeast coast of Scotland, about 2 miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.
Dunnicaer
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnicaer, or Dun-na-caer, is a precipitous sea stack just off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, between Dunnottar Castle and Stonehaven. Despite the unusual difficulty of access, in 1832 Pictish symbol stones were found on the summit and 21st-century archaeology has discovered evidence of a Pictish hill fort which may have incorporated the stones in its structure.
Stonehaven Tolbooth
Museum
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The Stonehaven Tolbooth is a late 16th-century stone building originally used as a courthouse and a prison in the town of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stonehaven and Kirktown of Fetteresso.
Stonehaven
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stonehaven is a small fishing port in Aberdeenshire in North East Scotland, 15 miles south of Aberdeen. Its main attraction is Dunnottar Castle, scenically perched on a headland south of town.
Kirktown of Fetteresso
Village
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The Kirktown of Fetteresso is a well-preserved village near Stonehaven, Scotland. In the planning area of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, this village contains many very old stone residential structures as well as the Church of St. Kirktown of Fetteresso is situated 1½ miles west of Black Hill.
Red Cloak
Quarter
Red Cloak 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 1½ miles northwest of Black Hill.
Black Hill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.955° or 56° 57′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.20256° or 2° 12′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C8VXQ3W+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 13160651456OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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