Balnagowan Hill
Balnagowan Hill is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 860 feet. Balnagowan Hill is situated nearby to the locality Airlie, as well as near Hill of Gellan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomnaverie stone circle and Loch of Aboyne.
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.
Loch of Aboyne
Photo: Keith Grinsted, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Aboyne is a shallow, artificial formed, freshwater loch in Grampian, Scotland. It lies 1+1⁄4 miles northeast of Aboyne and 28 miles west-southwest of Aberdeen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aboyne and Tarland.
Aboyne
Town
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aboyne is a village on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, approximately 30 miles west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and is home to the oldest 18 hole golf course on Royal Deeside.
Tarland
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarland is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland 5 miles northwest of Aboyne, and 30 miles west of Aberdeen. The population was 720 in 2016. Tarland is home to the Culsh Earth House, an Iron Age below-ground dwelling otherwise known as a Souterrain.
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.
Balnagowan Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 860 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.0951° or 57° 5′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.8234° or 2° 49′ 24″ westElevation
860 feet (262 metres)Open location code
9C9V35WG+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 2434101145OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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