Overton Wood
Overton Wood is a forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Overton Wood is situated nearby to the locality Turf Hill, as well as near the hamlet Pitfichie.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Forbes and Mither Tap hillfort.
Castle Forbes
Castle
Photo: Gilbert Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scots Baronial style near Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Mither Tap hillfort
Fort
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Mither Tap hillfort is a prehistoric stone-walled fortification located on the summit of Mither Tap, a prominent granite outcrop on the eastern side of the Bennachie range in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keig and The Colony.
Keig
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keig is a village within the local government area of Aberdeenshire Council in the North East of Scotland and is located within the Marr area of Aberdeenshire three miles from Alford. It lies on the B992 road between Insch and the village of Whitehouse.
The Colony
Locality
Photo: edward mcmaihin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Colony was a squatters' community on commonty, or common land, on one side of Bennachie, a range of hills near Aberdeen, Scotland.
Auchleven
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchleven is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Located approximately 4 miles south of Insch, 17 mi south of Huntly and 12 mi north-west of Inverurie. It is also known as Premnay, the name of the parish in which it is located.
Overton Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.2635° or 57° 15′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.5704° or 2° 34′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C9V7C7H+9VOpenStreetMap ID
way 106530090OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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