Nan Shepherd
Nan Shepherd is a memorial in Aberdeen, Scotland. Nan Shepherd is situated nearby to Cults Parish Church, as well as near the community center Cults Kirk Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cults Academy and Blairs College.
Cults Academy
School
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Cults Academy is an Aberdeen City Council secondary school in Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland. It was the recipient of The Sunday Times Scottish State Secondary School of the Year Award 2008 because of its outstanding exam results that year, having been rated 3rd in 2005. Cults Academy is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Nan Shepherd.
Blairs College
Museum
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St Mary's College, Blairs, situated near Aberdeen in Scotland, was from 1829 to 1986 a junior seminary for boys and young men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood. Blairs College is situated 1¼ miles south of Nan Shepherd.
Gordon Highlanders Museum
Museum
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The Gordon Highlanders Museum is based in Aberdeen, Scotland and celebrates the story of the Gordon Highlanders regiment, which originated as the 92nd Regiment of Foot in 1794, merged with the 75th Regiment of Foot to form the Gordon Highlanders in 1881 and was then amalgamated into a new larger unit of the British Army in 1994. Gordon Highlanders Museum is situated 2 miles northeast of Nan Shepherd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cults and Bieldside.
Cults
Suburb
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Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. It lies on the banks of the River Dee and marks the eastern boundary of Royal Deeside. Cults, known for its historic granite housing, sits approximately six miles from the coast of the North Sea.
Bieldside
Suburb
Bieldside is a suburb to the west of Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland. Together with the neighbouring suburb of Cults, it is the wealthiest area in Scotland.
Braeside
Suburb
Braeside is an area of Aberdeen. In 2014, Braeside Primary School was closed, and the building demolished in 2021, with plans to build houses on the site, however they were paused after local opposition. Braeside is situated 1½ miles northeast of Nan Shepherd.
Nan Shepherd
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “NAN SHEPHERD 1893-1981 Novelist, poet, educator and author of ‘The Living Mountain’ lived here at Dunvegan all her life”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.11465° or 57° 6′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.18667° or 2° 11′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C9V4R77+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 13713649958OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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