Powie Wood
Powie Wood is a forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Powie Wood is situated nearby to the locality Quarry Head, as well as near Happy Hillocks.Places of Interest
Highlights include Memsie Cairn and Mormond Hill.
Memsie Cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Memsie Cairn is an ancient cairn in Memsie, near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the last remaining cairn of the § Cairns Of Memsie. The burial cairn was constructed during the Bronze Age and finds from the site suggest it was used up into the Medieval period.
Mormond Hill
Peak
Photo: Mindjammer, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
Mormond Hill is a broad eminence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Its twin summits reach heights of 754 feet and 767 feet; the higher of the two is known as Waughton Hill.
Mormond Hill Stag
Geoglyph
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mormond Hill is a broad eminence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Its twin summits reach heights of 754 feet and 767 feet; the higher of the two is known as Waughton Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Memsie and Strichen.
Memsie
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Memsie, Aberdeenshire, is a small community near Fraserburgh, Scotland. On Memsie Moor there is a very large stone cairn, Memsie Cairn, which has been opened, but nothing found inside.
Strichen
Village
Photo: Temple of Mara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strichen is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It sits on the A981, connecting it to New Deer 7.2 miles to the southwest and Fraserburgh 8 miles to the north-northeast, and the B9093, connecting it to New Pitsligo about 4 miles due west.
New Leeds
Village
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Leeds is a planned village in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 5.1 kilometres east of Strichen at the foot of Mormond Hill. Nowadays New Leeds serves chiefly as a dormitory village for Aberdeen and Fraserburgh.
Powie Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.6301° or 57° 37′ 48″ northLongitude
-2.0345° or 2° 2′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C9VJXJ8+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 377295465OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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