Disused Quarry
Disused Quarry is a quarry in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Disused Quarry is situated nearby to the nature reserve Longhaven Cliffs (Scottish Wildlife Trust), as well as near the islet The Meaths.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include RRH Buchan and Buchan Ness lighthouse.
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 northwest of Disused Quarry.
Buchan Ness lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
'Buchan Ness lighthouse is a light 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 2 miles northeast of Disused Quarry.
Brethren Meeting House
Church
Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brethren Meeting House is a Category C listed building at 26 Gordon Street in Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was formerly a late-Victorian-era Wesleyan church. Brethren Meeting House is situated 2 miles northeast of Disused Quarry.
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 2 miles north of Disused Quarry.
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 indvidual. Buchan Ness is situated 2 miles northeast of Disused Quarry.
Disused Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.44703° or 57° 26′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.79914° or 1° 47′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C9WC6W2+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 641565130OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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