Towie is a small hamlet and civil parish in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, close to Alford and Lumsden, on the River Don. One of the most notable features of...
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Towie may refer to: Towie, Aberdeenshire Towie Barclay Castle, Aberdeenshire Towie Castle, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire Towie (game), a three-hand variant...
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Towie Barclay Castle is a historic castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 4.5 miles south-south-east of Turriff. The current structure, which was built by...
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Crathie (Scottish Gaelic: Craichidh) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Dee. Abergeldie Castle is 1 mile...
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Towie Castle was a 17th-century tower house, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southwest of Kildrummy in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the right bank of the Don...
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Barclay de Tolly (category People from Towie, Aberdeenshire)
in 1621. Barclay was himself descended from the barons of Towie or Tollie in Aberdeenshire. His son, Johann Stephan Barclay, settled in Riga and became...
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William MacGregor (category People from Towie, Aberdeenshire)
Governor of Queensland. MacGregor was born in Hillockhead, parish of Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the eldest son of John MacGregor, a crofter, and his wife...
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Scots: Aaford or Awfort, Scottish Gaelic: Athfort) is a large village in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland, lying just south of the River Don. It lies within...
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This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Towie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:...
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area (including the city of Aberdeen, Milltimber and Peterculter), Aberdeenshire (including Banff, Macduff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Ellon, Turriff, Huntly...
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from the original on 30 October 2011 "Carved stone ball found at Towie, Aberdeenshire", National Museums of Scotland, retrieved 14 May 2012. V. G. Childe...
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less than 24; grid reference NJ349132 or on 1869 map) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies 40 miles (64 km) west of Aberdeen in the Cairngorm...
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Aberdeenshire List of listed buildings in Tarves, Aberdeenshire List of listed buildings in Tough, Aberdeenshire List of listed buildings in Towie, Aberdeenshire...
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James Leith (VC) (category People from Towie, Aberdeenshire)
was the son of General Alexander Leith of Freefield and Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire and educated at Blackheath Proprietary School and Trinity College, Cambridge...
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Lumsden is an inland village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the A97 road. It crowns a rising-ground 227 m (745 ft) above sea level amid a fertile district...
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Strachan is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies along the Water of Feugh, a tributary of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, a few miles southwest...
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Cock Bridge is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located in the Cairngorms National Park, on the A939 road near Corgarff and Corgarff Castle, between...
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Banchory (redirect from Banchory, Aberdeenshire)
Scots: Banchry, Scottish Gaelic: Beannchar) is a burgh or town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is about 18 miles (29 km) west of Aberdeen, near where...
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Ballater (redirect from Ballater, Aberdeenshire)
Ballater (/ˈbælətər/, Scottish Gaelic: Bealadair) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, immediately east of the Cairngorm Mountains...
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Huntly (redirect from Huntly, Aberdeenshire)
Huntly (Scottish Gaelic: Srath Bhalgaidh or Hunndaidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie...
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Whitehouse is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located on the A944 road 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) southeast of Alford. The hamlet was formerly...
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G. A. Maconachie (category People from Towie, Aberdeenshire)
founders of the Bombay Natural History Society. Maconachie was born in Towie to James (1824-1887) and Jane Symon (1820-1869) and was educated at the...
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Gaelic: Uisge Dhè) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It rises in the Cairngorms and flows through southern Aberdeenshire to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen...
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Turriff (redirect from Turriff, Aberdeenshire)
Gaelic Torraibh 'place of round hills') is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, about 166 feet (51 m) above...
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Braemar (redirect from Braemar, Aberdeenshire)
Braemar /breɪˈmɑːr/ is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around 58 miles (93 km) west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized...
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cushnieent.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021. GENUKI. "Genuki: Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire". www.genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2021. GENUKI. "Genuki: Glensheil...
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West (or Western) Aberdeenshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 to 1918 and...
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Scotland. Art of the United Kingdom "Carved stone ball found at Towie, Aberdeenshire", National Museums of Scotland. Retrieved 14 May 2012. D. N. Marshall...
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Corgarff Castle (category Castles in Aberdeenshire)
built around 1530 by the Elphinstone family and leased to the Forbes of Towie. In 1571 it was burned by their enemy, Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, resulting...
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Archibald Meston (category People from Towie, Aberdeenshire)
journalist, naturalist and explorer. Archibald Meston was born at Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Alexander Meston. Meston migrated with his...
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