Mosstown Plantation
Mosstown Plantation is a forest in Kincardineshire, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Mosstown Plantation is situated nearby to the locality The Manse of the Braes of Cromar, as well as near Ballabeg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue cairn circle and Loch Davan.
Blue cairn circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blue cairn circle, also known as the Blue Cairn of Ladieswell is a 21 metres diameter recumbent stone circle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In the center is a large stone cairn with several pits in it.
Loch Davan
Lake
Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Davan is a small, triangular, freshwater loch approximately 5 mi northeast of Ballater, Scotland and lying immediately north of Loch Kinord. It is approximately 0.75 mi in length and was formed from a glacial kettle hole.
Morven
Peak
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morven is a Corbett in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 871 m high. The poet, Lord Byron, who spent some of his childhood in the area, mentions the mountain in his poem, When I Roved a Young Highlander: The Mary mentioned here is Mary Duff, Byron's first love.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Logie Coldstone and Tarland.
Logie Coldstone
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Logie Coldstone is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village lies north of the River Dee, near Tarland in the Cromar, a basin of land cut out of the Grampian foothills between Aboyne and Ballater.
Tarland
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarland is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland 5 miles northwest of Aboyne, and 30 miles west of Aberdeen. The population was 720 in 2016. Tarland is home to the Culsh Earth House, an Iron Age below-ground dwelling otherwise known as a Souterrain.
Dinnet
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dinnet is a village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Approximately equidistant from Deeside towns Aboyne and Ballater and situated on the main A93 road in the valley of the River Dee, it is said to be the gateway to both the Highlands and the Cairngorms National Park.
Mosstown Plantation
Latitude
57.1261° or 57° 7′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.9576° or 2° 57′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C9V42GR+CWOpenStreetMap ID
way 691103173OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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