Misplaced Pages

Pitcaple

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Human settlement in Scotland
Pitcaple
Pitcaple
Pitcaple is located in AberdeenshirePitcaplePitcapleLocation within Aberdeenshire
OS grid referenceNJ722251
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Aberdeenshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townINVERURIE
Postcode districtAB51
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°19′12″N 2°27′48″W / 57.32000°N 2.46333°W / 57.32000; -2.46333

Pitcaple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Urie 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Inverurie.

Nearby Pitcaple Castle is a 17th-century country house which was restored by William Burn in 1830. It was built close to the remains of a 15th-century tower house.

There is a disused railway station.

William Alexander

The journalist and author William Alexander (1826 - 1894) was brought up on Damhead Farm near Pitcaple.

References

  1. "Pitcaple". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  2. Donaldson, William, Introduction to Alexander, William, The Laird of Drammochdyle and his Contemporaries, Aberdeen University Press, 1986, pp. xi - vvii, ISBN 0-08-034520-4
Settlements and places of interest in Garioch, Aberdeenshire
Primary settlements
Other settlements
Places of interest


Stub icon

This Aberdeenshire location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: