Place of Origin

Place of Origin is a park in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Place of Origin is situated nearby to the meadow Mavis’s Area, as well as near Bennachie Parish Church at Kemnay.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kemnay Academy and Fetternear Palace.

Kemnay Academy

School

Photo: John Aldersey-Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kemnay Academy is a secondary school in Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, situated on the banks of the River Don. It is one of seventeen secondary schools run by Aberdeenshire Council and has roughly 1000 pupils. Kemnay Academy is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Place of Origin.

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. Fetternear Palace is situated 1 mile northwest of Place of Origin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kemnay and Kintore.

Kemnay

Town

Photo: Mike Stephen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

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 3½ miles east of Place of Origin.

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. The Colony is situated 4 miles northwest of Place of Origin.

Place of Origin

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.2388° or 57° 14′ 20″ north

Longitude

-2.4384° or 2° 26′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C9V6HQ6+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 132223185

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Highlights include Mavis’s Area and Place of Origin.

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