Ord Hill

Ord Hill is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 348 feet. Ord Hill is situated nearby to the village Tarves, as well as near the hamlet Shethin.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Haddo House and Tolquhon Castle.

Haddo House

Photo: Fionam890, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Haddo House is a Scottish stately home located near Tarves in Aberdeenshire, approximately 20 miles north of Aberdeen. Completed in 1732 to designs by William Adam, it was the former seat of the Earls and Marquesses of Aberdeen and Temair and has been owned by the National Trust for Scotland since 1979.

Tolquhon Castle

Castle

Photo: Karora, Public domain.

Tolquhon Castle is a ruined late-16th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. It lies about 1.5 miles north-west of Pitmedden and 2 miles south of Tarves.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Methlick and Tarves.

Methlick

Photo: Fionam890, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Methlick is a village in Aberdeenshire about 20 miles north of Aberdeen; its main attraction is Haddo House. Methlick derives from Gaelic Maothulach, which may mean "vale of honey".

Tarves

Village

Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tarves is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated in the Formartine area between Oldmeldrum and Methlick. Following population growth to over 1,000 residents, Tarves is classified as a town in data published by Understanding Scottish Places, a change reported by BBC News in 2025.

Pitmedden

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pitmedden is a rural village in the parish of Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated midway between Ellon and Oldmeldrum, and approximately 16 miles from Aberdeen.

Ord Hill

Type: Peak with an elevation of 348 feet
Category: landform
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.3785° or 57° 22′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.2297° or 2° 13′ 47″ west

Elevation

348 feet (106 metres)

Open location code

9C9V9QHC+94

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2625527371

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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