The Meaths

The Meaths is an islet in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. The Meaths is situated near Disused Quarry, as well as near the islet Hare Craig.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 The Meaths.

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 1½ miles northeast of The Meaths.

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. A bellcote adorns the gable, without a bell but with a "spiky" finial in place. Brethren Meeting House is situated 1½ miles northeast of The Meaths.

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 1½ miles north of The Meaths.

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 1½ miles northeast of The Meaths.

The Meaths

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.44885° or 57° 26′ 56″ north

Longitude

-1.79784° or 1° 47′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C9WC6X2+GV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 641565131

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Disused Quarry and Hare Craig.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Staion Farm and Glen Ugie.

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