Catterline

Catterline

Catterline is a coastal village on the North Sea in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004] It is situated about six kilometers south of Stonehaven; nearby to the north are Dunnottar Castle and Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve. Other noted architectural or historic features in the general area include Fetteresso Castle, Fiddes Castle, Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan and Muchalls Castle.Archibald Watt, "Highways and Byways Around Kincardineshire", The Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)]

Vicinity prehistory

Prehistorical features in the local area include Bronze Age archaeological recoveries at Fetteresso, [ [http://letmespeaktothedriver.com/site/10937/fetteresso.html#fieldnotes C.Michael Hogan, "Fetteresso Fieldnotes", The Modern Antiquarian (2008)] ] Dunnottar and Spurryhillock.Archibald Watt, "Highways and Byways Around Kincardineshire", The Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)]

ee also

*Crawton
*Catterline Cartie Challenge

References

External links

* [http://catterline.org/ Catterline Online] Catterline Community Web Site
* [http://ckdcc.org.uk/ Catterline, Kinneff and Dunnottar Community Council]


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