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'''Pitsligo''' was a coastal parish in the [[Shires of Scotland|historic county]] of [[Aberdeenshire (historic)|Aberdeenshire]], Scotland, containing the fishing villages of [[Rosehearty]], [[Pitullie]] and [[Sandhaven]],<ref name=ord1334>[https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ZrGM8n_uNOcC&pcampaignid=books_web_aboutlink ''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland''], Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 1334</ref> 3 miles (6 km) west of [[Fraserburgh]] and 12 miles (19 km) north of [[Mintlaw]].<ref>[https://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parfirst196.html Parish of Pitsligo] - ''[[Gazetteer for Scotland]]''</ref>

[[Pitsligo Castle]] dates from the 15th century.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM6146|desc=Pitsligo Castle|access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>

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Pitsligo is located in Scotland
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57°41′59″N 2°04′51″W / 57.699805°N 2.08093°W / 57.699805; -2.08093

Pitsligo was a coastal parish in the historic county of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, containing the fishing villages of Rosehearty, Pitullie and Sandhaven,[1] 3 miles (6 km) west of Fraserburgh and 12 miles (19 km) north of Mintlaw.[2]

Pitsligo Castle dates from the 15th century.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 1334
  2. ^ Parish of Pitsligo - Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Pitsligo Castle (SM6146)". Retrieved 8 March 2019.