Mormond Hill Stag
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Geoglyph
- Description: hill carving of a male deer, on Mormond Hill, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Also known as: “Cortes Stag”, “Mormond Stag”, “Stag”, “The Cortes Stag”, “The Mormond Hill Stag”, and “The Mormond Stag”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mormond Hill and Mormond White Horse.
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 White Horse
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. Mormond White Horse is situated 1½ miles west of Mormond Hill Stag.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Leeds and Strichen.
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. New Leeds is situated 1½ miles southeast of Mormond Hill Stag.
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. Strichen is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mormond Hill Stag.
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. Memsie is situated 3½ miles north of Mormond Hill Stag.
Mormond Hill Stag
- Categories: hill figure, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.60219° or 57° 36′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.02528° or 2° 1′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C9VJX2F+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 636046013OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=geoglyphWikidata ID
Q123270051
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mormond Hill Stag”. Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.