Parkhouse Hill

Places of Interest

Deer Abbey

Archaeological site

Photo: Deacon of Pndapetzim, Public domain.

Deer Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Buchan, Scotland. It was founded by 1219 under the patronage William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, who is also buried there.

Aikey Brae stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aikey Brae is a recumbent stone circle on Parkhouse Hill near Old Deer in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The recumbent stone is about 21.5 tonnes and there are five stones still erected in total.

Aden Country Park

Park

Photo: Watty62, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aden Country Park is located in Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and is first mentioned in the 10th-century Book of Deer. The park contains landscaped gardens, forest walks, camping and caravan facilities, recreational areas, and the maintained ruins of Aden House.

Places in the Area

Mintlaw

Village

Photo: Sagaciousphil, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mintlaw is a large village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies at the intersection of the A950 and A952 roads, west of Peterhead. The 2001 UK census records a population of 2,647 people.

Stuartfield

Village

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Stuartfield is a small inland village in the Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated 1.8 kilometres south of Old Deer. The village was originally known as New Crichie, with the name Crichie still used locally.

Maud

Village

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maud is a village in the Buchan area of the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire. Located 13 miles west of Peterhead on the South Ugie Water, Maud rose to prosperity in the 19th century as a railway junction of the Formartine and Buchan Railway that ran through Maud to Fraserburgh and Peterhead, but has always been the meeting place of six roads.

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