Hare Moss

Hare Moss is a bog in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in the vicinity of Banchory-Devenick. Hare Moss is a significant wetland ecosystem.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Portlethen railway station and Blairs College.

Portlethen railway station

Railway station

Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Portlethen railway station serves the town of Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is sited 232 miles 59 chains from Carlisle via Perth, and is between Stonehaven and Aberdeen, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line.

Blairs College

Museum

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mary's College, Blairs, situated near Aberdeen in Scotland, was from 1829 to 1986 a junior seminary for boys and young men studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood.

Aquhorthies stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aquhorthies is a Neolithic stone circle near Portlethen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site is composed of a ring cairn and a recumbent stone circle which unusually has two rings.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portlethen and Nigg.

Portlethen is a town located approximately 7 miles south of Aberdeen, Scotland, along the A92. The population according to the 2022 census was 8,969, making it the seventh most populous settlement within Aberdeenshire.

Nigg

Suburb

Nigg is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland, south of the River Dee. It has a population of 16,400. The area has a bay known as the Bay of Nigg or Nigg Bay, immediately south of a coastal golf course, and a farm that is also a visitor attraction, known as Doonies Farm.

Cove Bay

Suburb

Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cove Bay, or simply Cove, is a suburb on the south-east edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. Today Cove is home to around 8,000 people. It is a popular residential location owing to its village-like status.

Hare Moss

Type: Wetland
Description: bog in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Categories: bog and body of water
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.0857° or 57° 5′ 8″ north

Longitude

-2.1524° or 2° 9′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C9V3RPX+72

OpenStreetMap ID

way 658219621

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wetland

Wikidata ID

Q5656731

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