Knockmomean
Knockmomean is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Knockmomean is situated nearby to the hamlet Mosstown, as well as near the locality Craigellie.Places of Interest
Highlights include Inverallochy Castle and Memsie Cairn.
Inverallochy Castle
Castle
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverallochy Castle is a ruined courtyard castle, near the village of Inverallochy in the Buchan area of North-East Scotland, dating to 1504. It lies 0.5 miles south of Cairnbulg Castle, near Fraserburgh, and formerly stood beside the now-drained Loch of Inverallochy.
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.
Crimonmogate
Residential building
Photo: Sagaciousphil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crimonmogate is an estate near Crimond, Aberdeenshire. The estate formed part of Lonmay parish, dates back to the 14th century, and was included in the lands owned by the powerful Earls of Erroll.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fraserburgh and Inverallochy and Cairnbulg.
Fraserburgh
Photo: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fraserburgh is a fishing port in Aberdeenshire, with a population in 2020 of 13,000. In the 19th century it was a major port for herring, and shell-fishing is still an important local industry. It hosts the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.
Inverallochy and Cairnbulg
Village
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The villages of Inverallochy and Cairnbulg lie some 4 miles east of Fraserburgh, in North East Scotland. It formerly consisted of the three fishing villages of Brandesburgh, Cairnbulg and Inverallochy, but the former village has since disappeared…
St Combs
Village
Photo: Ken Pickering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Combs is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, immediately southeast of Inverallochy. It has existed since at least the 17th century, and takes its name from a church to St Colm that used to exist in the area and was abandoned in 1607.
Knockmomean
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.6492° or 57° 38′ 57″ northLongitude
-1.9713° or 1° 58′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C9WJ2XH+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 8268343572OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Termanity Hill and Cairnbulg Castle.
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