Catterline

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Catterline Harbour, the village was a fishing centre in the C19th
Catterline Harbour, the village was a fishing centre in the C19th

Catterline is a coastal village on the North Sea in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] 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, Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan and Muchalls Castle.[2]


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[edit] Vicinity prehistory

Prehistorical features in the local area include Bronze Age archaeological recoveries at Fetteresso,[3] Dunnottar and Spurryhillock.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
  2. ^ a b Archibald Watt, Highways and Byways Around Kincardineshire, The Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)
  3. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Fetteresso Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2008)

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Coordinates: 56°53′52″N 2°13′4″W / 56.89778, -2.21778