Blackhill Quarries

Blackhill Quarries is in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Blackhill Quarries is situated nearby to the nature reserve Longhaven Cliffs (Scottish Wildlife Trust), as well as near Disused Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Slains Castle and RRH Buchan.

New Slains Castle

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It overlooks the North Sea from its cliff-top site one kilometre east of Cruden Bay. New Slains Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Blackhill Quarries.

RRH Buchan

Military installation

Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Remote Radar Head Buchan or RRH Buchan is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. It is located at Stirling Hill, 3.2 kilometres south of Peterhead on the Aberdeenshire coast of northeast Scotland. RRH Buchan is situated 1 mile north of Blackhill Quarries.

Buchan Ness Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Buchan Ness lighthouse is a lighthouse in Boddam, Aberdeenshire. Scotland. The area around the headland of Buchan Ness was for many centuries the point from which trading and whaling voyages departed across open ocean, bound for Archangel, Greenland and Spitsbergen amongst other destinations. Buchan Ness Lighthouse is situated 2½ miles northeast of Blackhill Quarries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bullers of Buchan and Boddam.

Bullers of Buchan

Hamlet

Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The name Bullers of Buchan refers both to a collapsed sea cave and to the adjacent village, situated about 6 miles south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Boddam

Village

Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.

Boddam is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 29 miles north of Aberdeen and 3 miles south of Peterhead. The settlement of Stirling Village lies immediately to the west. Boddam is situated 2½ miles northeast of Blackhill Quarries.

Buchan Ness

Locality

Buchan Ness is a bridged island that is connected to the village of Boddam on mainland Scotland by a road running over a short causeway. In 2022 the census recorded a permanent population on the island of a single individual. Buchan Ness is situated 2½ miles northeast of Blackhill Quarries.

Blackhill Quarries

Type: Body of water
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.44313° or 57° 26′ 35″ north

Longitude

-1.8105° or 1° 48′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C9WC5VQ+7Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 204081593

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Longhaven Cliffs (Scottish Wildlife Trust) and Disused Quarry.

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