Peathill

Peathill
Hill Church of Rosehearty
Coordinates	57 ° 41 ′  N , 2 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 57 ° 41 ′  N , 2 ° 7 ′  W
Peathill
administration
Post town	FRASERBURGH
ZIP code section	AB43
prefix	01771
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Aberdeenshire
British Parliament	Banff and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Banffshire and Buchan Coast

Peathill is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of Aberdeenshire . It is about 1.5 kilometers south of Rosehearty and six kilometers west of Fraserburgh near the south bank of the Moray Firth .

history

A short distance from Peathill, a cairn and a standing stone , believed to date from the Stone or Bronze Age , testify to the early settlement of the area.

To the north of Peathill are the ruins of Pitsligo Castle . The castle, begun in the 15th century, was gradually expanded in the following centuries. The lands to the east had belonged to the Fraser clan since the 14th century . They built Pittulie Castle there in the 16th to 17th centuries, which is now in ruins .

On the northern edge of Peathill are the ruins of the Old Pitsligo Church, built around 1630 . With the construction of the adjacent Hill Church of Rosehearty in 1890, it became obsolete and abandoned.

traffic

Peathill is connected by a secondary road. The A98 runs south (Fraserburgh– Fochabers ). In Fraserburgh, the A90 coming from Edinburgh and the A981 leading to New Deer are also within a short distance.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
2. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
3. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
4. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
5. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
6. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
7. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .