Auchmachar Clump

Auchmachar Clump is a forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Auchmachar Clump is situated near the village Maud, as well as near the hamlet Biffie.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Deer Abbey and Loudon Wood 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.

Loudon Wood stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: Chris Lodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Loudon Wood stone circle is an archaeological site.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maud and Mintlaw.

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.

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.

Old Deer

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Deer is a parish and village in the district of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The population in 2011 was 152. The village lies on the A950, beside the Deer or South Ugie Water, 10.1 miles west of Peterhead and 2 miles from Mintlaw.

Auchmachar Clump

Type: Forest
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.5401° or 57° 32′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.0841° or 2° 5′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C9VGWR8+28

OpenStreetMap ID

way 952668380

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Biffie and Fetterangus.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Auchmachar,stone circle and Knapperty Hillock, Long Cairn.

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