Thainstone House

Thainstone House is a hotel in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Thainstone House is situated nearby to the peak Shaw Hill, as well as near the archaeological site Standing Stone.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broomend, henge, standing stones and symbol stone and Bass of Inverurie.

Broomend, henge, standing stones and symbol stone

Archaeological site

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Broomend, henge, standing stones and symbol stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Thainstone House.

Bass of Inverurie

Castle

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The Bass of Inverurie is the remnant of a motte-and-bailey castle situated within Inverurie Cemetery in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The motte is a natural mound, now about 12 metres high and 18 metres across the summit, which was modified by scarping its sides and digging a surrounding ditch. Bass of Inverurie is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Thainstone House.

Kintore railway station

Railway station

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Kintore railway station is in Kintore, Scotland on the Aberdeen–Inverness line. Originally opened in 1854, it closed in 1964 but was reopened on a different site in 2020. It is 13 miles 53 chains from Aberdeen. Kintore railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Thainstone House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inverurie and Kintore.

Inverurie

Town

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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 north of Thainstone House.

Kintore

Town

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kintore is a town and former royal burgh near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, now bypassed by the A96 road between Aberdeen and Inverness. It is situated on the banks of the River Don. Kintore is situated 2 miles southeast of Thainstone House.