Gallowhill Wood

Gallowhill Wood is a forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Gallowhill Wood is situated nearby to the village Monymusk, as well as near the hamlet Blairdaff.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fetternear Palace and Castle Fraser,stone circle 775m W of & standing stones 550m W of.

Fetternear Palace

Ruins

Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fetternear Bishop's Palace is an archaeological site of what was one of the palaces of the medieval bishops of Aberdeen. It is near Kemnay in Aberdeenshire. Later, a ruined tower-house and mansion of Fetternear House were built on part of the site.

Castle Fraser,stone circle 775m W of & standing stones 550m W of

Archaeological site

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Fraser,stone circle 775m W of & standing stones 550m W of is an archaeological site.

Castle Fraser

Photo: Karora, Public domain.

Castle Fraser is a large Z-plan castle near Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is considered one of the most elaborate examples of its type and one of the grandest of the 'Castles of Mar'.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kemnay and Sauchen.

Kemnay

Town

Photo: Mike Stephen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kemnay is a village 16 miles west of Aberdeen in Garioch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Sauchen

Village

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sauchen is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies 3 miles west of Dunecht and 10 miles west of Aberdeen. The village has around 200 houses, and is serviced by Cluny Primary School which is located around 1 mile north of the centre.