St. Cyrus
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St. Cyrus (formerly Ecclesgreig) is a village located in the extreme south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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[edit] General Information
St. Cyrus, sometimes known as Saint Cyrus, is on the A92 road that runs from Fife up to Stonehaven where it joins the A90 and continues to Aberdeen and beyond. St Cyrus NNR (National Nature Reserve) lies between the village and the North Sea. The cliffs and dunes provide a nationally important habitat for flowering plants and insects. [1]
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[edit] Area prehistory
There are known prehistorical archaeological sites in the general coastal area of St. Cyrus. Examples of these features include Gourdon Hill[2] to the north and the Stone of Morphie,[3] both situated slightly to the west of the A92 road alignment.
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St. Cyrus has its own telephone exchange (code ESSTC). The exchange is fully enabled for BT ADSL, both fixed speed and ADSL Max flavours. As of writing (August 2006) there are no LLU services at the St. Cyrus exchange.
St. Cyrus also has a SPAR convenience store located on the main road, which also serves as the Post Office. Opposite the SPAR, there is a public phone box. Further along the Main Road is a coffee shop
There is also a petrol station and garage at the south end of the village.
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