South Backburn

South Backburn is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. South Backburn is situated nearby to the hamlet Newbigging, as well as near Elrick.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Curlethney Hill and Raedykes.

Curlethney Hill

Peak

Curlethney Hill is a landform in Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. The peak elevation of this mountain is 246 metres above mean sea level.

Raedykes

Archaeological site

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Raedykes is the site of a Roman marching camp located just over three miles northwest of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. National Grid Reference NO 842902.

Cookney Church

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cookney Parish Church, now business premises within a converted listed building, was a Christian place of worship in the village of Cookney, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Netherley and Cookney.

Netherley

Village

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Netherley, Scotland is a village in Aberdeenshire, situated approximately five miles northwest of Stonehaven. Netherley is located in the Mounth area of the Grampian Highlands.

Cookney is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in proximity to Netherley in the Mounth of the Grampian Highlands. The community is situated on a hilltop approximately 5 miles northwest of Stonehaven, about 3 miles northwest of the Bridge of Muchalls, and about 2 miles west of Muchalls Castle.

Chapelton

Village

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chapelton is a 810 hectares new town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 10 miles south of Aberdeen. It is situated close to the A92 and Newtonhill. The town plan was led by the Elsick Development Company. Chapelton is situated 2½ miles northeast of South Backburn.

South Backburn

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.0174° or 57° 1′ 3″ north

Longitude

-2.2352° or 2° 14′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C9V2Q87+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14020895196

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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Localities in the Area

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