Birnie Wood
Birnie Wood is in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Birnie Wood is situated nearby to the archaeological site Memsie Cairn, as well as near the peak Sinclair Hills.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Memsie Cairn.
Memsie Cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Memsie Cairn is an ancient cairn in Memsie, near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is the last remaining cairn of the § Cairns Of Memsie. The burial cairn was constructed during the Bronze Age and finds from the site suggest it was used up into the Medieval period. Memsie Cairn is situated 1,100 feet south of Birnie Wood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Memsie and Broadsea.
Memsie
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Memsie, Aberdeenshire, is a small community near Fraserburgh, Scotland. On Memsie Moor there is a very large stone cairn, Memsie Cairn, which has been opened, but nothing found inside.
Broadsea
Suburb
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadsea is a community situated in Aberdeenshire in the north east of Scotland. It is a long-standing fishing community at the north edge of Fraserburgh. Broadsea is situated 3 miles north of Birnie Wood.
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.
Birnie Wood
- Type: Shrubland
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.65127° or 57° 39′ 5″ northLongitude
-2.0407° or 2° 2′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C9VMX25+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 889382477OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrub
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