Sauchen

Sauchen
Main street of Sauchen
Coordinates	57 ° 11 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 57 ° 11 ′  N , 2 ° 30 ′  W
Sauchen
administration
Post town	INVERURIE
ZIP code section	AB51
prefix	01330
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Aberdeenshire
British Parliament	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West

Sauchen is a town in the Scottish council area of Aberdeenshire . It is located about eight miles southwest of Inverurie and 15 miles west of central Aberdeen .

history

East of Sauchen reflects a Cairn from stone- or Bronze Age settlement in the area. To the northeast there is also a stone circle with a standing stone on the outside .

Close to the stone circle is Castle Fraser , which was probably built in the 1570s . The Frasers mausoleum is in the Old Cluny Cemetery . Cluny Castle goes back to a tower house that was probably built around 1604 . This makes it around 50 years younger than the nearby Tillycairn Castle . Southeast was 1835 mansion Linton House built. Presumably the Scottish architect Archibald Simpson designed the building.

traffic

By Aberdeen according Corgarff leading A944 Sauchen is directly connected to the highway network.

Individual evidence

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