Backstrip Wood
Backstrip Wood is a forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Backstrip Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Landerberry, as well as near Glenecht.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cullerlie stone circle and Sunhoney.
Cullerlie stone circle
Archaeological site
Cullerlie stone circle, also known as the Standing Stones of Echt, is a small stone circle situated near Echt, Aberdeenshire. It consists of eight irregular stones of red granite arranged at approximately equal intervals to form a circle of 10.2 m diameter, enclosing the same number of small cairns.
Sunhoney
Archaeological site
Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sunhoney is a stone circle of the recumbent type, which is common in the Grampian region, in particular at the River Dee. Sunhoney is situated about 2 km west of Echt in Aberdeenshire, near to the Cullerlie and Midmar stone circles.
Loch of Skene
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Skene is a large lowland, freshwater loch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 1 mi to the west of the village of Kirkton of Skene and 9 mi west of Aberdeen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skene and Echt.
Skene
Village
Photo: Andrew Tryon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skene is a small farming community in North East Scotland some 6 mi west of Aberdeen. The two traditional villages are Kirkton of Skene and Lyne of Skene.
Echt
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Echt is a crossroads village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Echt has a number of prehistoric remains, including the Barmekin of Echt, a prehistoric hillfort on a hill to the northwest.
Garlogie
Village
Photo: Alan Findlay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garlogie is a roadside hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. During the 19th century, it was the site of a textile milling settlement using water from Loch of Skene.
Backstrip Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.1306° or 57° 7′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.4029° or 2° 24′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C9V4HJW+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 891384531OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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