Alton
Alton is a farm in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Alton is situated nearby to the forest Newseat Community Woodland, as well as near the reservoir Polinar Dam.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Easter Aquhorthies stone circle and Inverurie railway station.
Easter Aquhorthies stone circle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Easter Aquhorthies stone circle, located near Inverurie in north-east Scotland, is one of the best-preserved examples of a recumbent stone circle and one of the few that still have their full complement of stones and the only one that has all its stones still standing without having been re-erected. Easter Aquhorthies stone circle is situated 1 mile southwest of Alton.
Inverurie railway station
Railway station
Photo: Scott Cormie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverurie railway station is a railway station serving the town of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is managed by ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, which is mostly single track north of this point, between Kintore and Insch. Inverurie railway station is situated 2 miles east of Alton.
Balquhain
Archaeological site
Photo: John Berry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balquhain is a ruined recumbent stone circle 3 miles from Inverurie in Scotland, with views to Mither Tap. Over seventy of these circles are found in lowland Aberdeenshire. Balquhain is situated 1½ miles north of Alton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverurie and Harlaw.
Inverurie
Town
Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberdeenshire is a county in the north east of Scotland. It's a long way north - the coastline around Fraserburgh is further north than Newfoundland - but it's mostly lowland, fertile and productive, having more in common with the central belt of Scotland than with the Highlands. Inverurie is situated 2 miles east of Alton.
Harlaw
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harlaw is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles north of Alton.
Pitcaple
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pitcaple is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Urie 4 miles northwest of Inverurie. Nearby Pitcaple Castle is a 17th-century country house which was restored by William Burn in 1830. Pitcaple is situated 3 miles northwest of Alton.
Alton
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.28366° or 57° 17′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.42534° or 2° 25′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C9V7HMF+FVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1037434739OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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