Broadsea Pig Trap

Broadsea Pig Trap is in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Broadsea Pig Trap is situated nearby to the locality The Colony, as well as near the tourism office Bennachie Information Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Easter Aquhorthies stone circle and Mither Tap hillfort.

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 1½ miles east of Broadsea Pig Trap.

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. Mither Tap hillfort is situated 1½ miles northwest of Broadsea Pig Trap.

Maiden Stone

The Maiden Stone, also known as the Drumdurno Stone after the nearby farm, is a Pictish standing stone near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire in Scotland, probably dating from the late 8th or early 9th century AD. Maiden Stone is situated 2 miles north of Broadsea Pig Trap.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Colony and Pitcaple.

The Colony

Locality

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The Colony was a squatters' community on commonty, or common land, on one side of Bennachie, a range of hills near Aberdeen, Scotland.

Pitcaple

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pitcaple is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the banks of the River Urie, 4 miles northwest of Inverurie. Nearby Pitcaple Castle dates from around 1457 and was restored by William Burn in 1835. There is a disused railway station. Pitcaple is situated 3 miles north of Broadsea Pig Trap.