Portlethen Moss
The Portlethen Moss is an acidic bog nature reserve located to the west of the town of Portlethen, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. Like other mosses, this wetland area supports a variety of plant and animal species, even though it has been subject to certain development and agricultural degradation pressures.Places of Interest
Highlights include Portlethen railway station and Auld Bourtreebush.
Portlethen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portlethen railway station serves the town of Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is sited 232 miles 59 chains from Carlisle via Perth, and is between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line.
Auld Bourtreebush
Archaeological site
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auld Bourtreebush is a large Neolithic stone circle near Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is also known as Old Bourtree Bush or Old Bourtreebush.
Aquhorthies stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aquhorthies is a Neolithic stone circle near Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site is composed of a ring cairn and a recumbent stone circle which unusually has two rings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portlethen and Newtonhill.
Portlethen
Town
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portlethen is a town located approximately 7 miles south of Aberdeen, Scotland, along the A92. The population according to the 2022 census was 8,969 making it the seventh most populous settlement within Aberdeenshire.
Newtonhill
Town
Photo: Iain Millar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtonhill is a town in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is popular due to its location, just nine miles south of Aberdeen with easy reach of Stonehaven and with views over the North Sea.
Muchalls
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muchalls is a small coastal ex-fishing village in Kincardineshire, Scotland, south of Newtonhill and north of Stonehaven. Muchalls is situated slightly north of a smaller hamlet known as the Bridge of Muchalls.
Portlethen Moss
- Type: Wetland
- Description: nature reserve in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: nature reserve and body of water
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.0572° or 57° 3′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.147° or 2° 8′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C9V3V43+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1432420482OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetlandWikidata ID
Q7232104
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In Other Languages
“Portlethen Moss” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ポートレーテンモス”
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Highlights include Portlethen Bowling Club and Portlethen Tennis Club.
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