Wind Hill
Wind Hill is a forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Wind Hill is situated nearby to the village Stuartfield, as well as near the hamlet Biffie.Places of Interest
Highlights include Deer Abbey and Aikey Brae stone circle.
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
Nearby places include Maud and Stuartfield.
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.
Stuartfield
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Wind Hill
- Type: Forest
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.5062° or 57° 30′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.0806° or 2° 4′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C9VGW49+FQOpenStreetMap ID
way 952661572OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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