South Kirkhill

South Kirkhill is a locality in Aberdeen, Scotland. South Kirkhill is situated nearby to the locality East Kirkhill, as well as near the quarter Balnagask.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Fittick’s Church and Torry Battery.

St Fittick’s Church

Ruins

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Fittick’s Church is a ruins.

The Torry Battery is an artillery battery near Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland, which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860. It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear.

Girdle Ness Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.

Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated near Torry Battery on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to Aberdeen's harbour, in Scotland. It is an active light, managed by the Northern Lighthouse Board.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balnagask and Footdee.

Balnagask

Quarter

Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balnagask is an area of Torry, a burgh of Aberdeen in Scotland. Balnagask is said to mean "the village in the hollow" in Gaelic. The Balnagask Estate stretched from the golf course to the fields that overlooked both the Bay of Nigg and the railway line.

Footdee

Suburb

Photo: Ettore Timi, CC BY 2.5.

Footdee, locally known as Fittie, is a picturesque area of Aberdeen, Scotland. A former fishing village, it lies at the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour. The name appears to mean "foot of the Dee", but it has also been linked to Fittick, a local saint.

Torry

Suburb

Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.

South Kirkhill

Type: Locality
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.1371° or 57° 8′ 14″ north

Longitude

-2.06472° or 2° 3′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C9V4WPP+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 954206252

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Fittick’s Community Garden and St Fittick’s Kirkyard.

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