Seafarers Memorial
Seafarers Memorial is a memorial in Aberdeen, Scotland. Seafarers Memorial is situated nearby to the ruins Torry Battery, as well as near Balnagask Golf Course.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Torry Battery and Girdle Ness Lighthouse.
Torry Battery
Ruins
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated 2,500 feet east of Seafarers Memorial.
St Fittick’s Church
Ruins
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Fittick’s Church is a ruins, which is situated 2,200 feet south of Seafarers Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Footdee and Balnagask.
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.
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.
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.
Seafarers Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “To the Glory of God and with Thanksgiving for the lives and families of those seafarers from this community lost at sea 2001”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.14128° or 57° 8′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.06039° or 2° 3′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C9V4WRQ+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 1082789007OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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