Gowanfold
Gowanfold is a farm in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Gowanfold is situated nearby to the peak Moat Hill, as well as near Waters of Philorth Local Nature Reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inverallochy Castle and Fraserburgh Breakwater Light.
Inverallochy Castle
Castle
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverallochy Castle is a ruined courtyard castle, near the village of Inverallochy in the Buchan area of North-East Scotland, dating to 1504. It lies 0.5 miles south of Cairnbulg Castle, near Fraserburgh, and formerly stood beside the now-drained Loch of Inverallochy. Inverallochy Castle is situated 1 mile southeast of Gowanfold.
Fraserburgh Breakwater Light
Lighthouse
Photo: pamela, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fraserburgh Breakwater Light is a lighthouse, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Gowanfold.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverallochy and Cairnbulg and St Combs.
Inverallochy and Cairnbulg
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The villages of Inverallochy and Cairnbulg lie some 4 miles east of Fraserburgh, in North East Scotland. It formerly consisted of the three fishing villages of Brandesburgh, Cairnbulg and Inverallochy, but the former village has since disappeared…
St Combs
Village
Photo: Ken Pickering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Combs is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, immediately southeast of Inverallochy. It has existed since at least the 17th century, and takes its name from a church to St Colm that used to exist in the area and was abandoned in 1607. St Combs is situated 1½ miles east of Gowanfold.
Fraserburgh
Photo: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fraserburgh is a fishing port in Aberdeenshire, with a population in 2020 of 13,000. In the 19th century it was a major port for herring, and shell-fishing is still an important local industry. It hosts the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.
Gowanfold
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.6655° or 57° 39′ 56″ northLongitude
-1.95085° or 1° 57′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C9WM28X+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 889381195OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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