Happy Hillocks
Happy Hillocks is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Happy Hillocks is situated nearby to the village Rathen, as well as near the locality Quarry Head.Places of Interest
Highlights include Memsie Cairn and Mormond Hill.
Memsie Cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Memsie Cairn is an ancient cairn in Memsie, near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the last remaining cairn of the § Cairns Of Memsie. The burial cairn was constructed during the Bronze Age and finds from the site suggest it was used up into the Medieval period. Memsie Cairn is situated 2 miles northwest of Happy Hillocks.
Mormond Hill
Peak
Photo: Mindjammer, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Mormond Hill is a broad eminence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Its twin summits reach heights of 754 feet and 767 feet; the higher of the two is known as Waughton Hill. Mormond Hill is situated 2½ miles southwest of Happy Hillocks.
Mormond Hill Stag
Geoglyph
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mormond Hill is a broad eminence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Its twin summits reach heights of 754 feet and 767 feet; the higher of the two is known as Waughton Hill. Mormond Hill Stag is situated 2 miles south of Happy Hillocks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Memsie and New Leeds.
Memsie
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Memsie, Aberdeenshire, is a small community near Fraserburgh, Scotland. On Memsie Moor there is a very large stone cairn, Memsie Cairn, which has been opened, but nothing found inside. Memsie is situated 2 miles northwest of Happy Hillocks.
New Leeds
Village
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Leeds is a planned village in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 5.1 kilometres east of Strichen at the foot of Mormond Hill. Nowadays New Leeds serves chiefly as a dormitory village for Aberdeen and Fraserburgh. New Leeds is situated 3½ miles south of Happy Hillocks.
Crimond
Village
Photo: Sagaciousphil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crimond is a village in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland, located 9 miles northwest of the port of Peterhead and just over 2 miles from the coast. Crimond is situated 4 miles southeast of Happy Hillocks.
Happy Hillocks
- Type: Locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.63068° or 57° 37′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.00434° or 2° 0′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C9VJXJW+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 3806795563OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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