Mormond Hill

#4721 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mormond Hill is a large hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, not far from Fraserburgh. Its peak is 769 feet. The villages of Strichen and New Leeds can be found at its southern foothills. ()

Coordinates: 57°35'60"N, 2°4'0"W

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Mormond Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Deer Abbey, Aden Country Park, Strichen stone circle, Dundarg Castle.

5.3 miS
Monastery
Deer Abbey
136 min walk • Deer Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Buchan, Scotland. It was founded by 1219 AD with the patronage William Comyn, jure uxoris Earl of Buchan, who is also buried there.
5.5 miS
Museum
Aden Country Park
142 min walk • Aden Country Park is located in Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, first mentioned in the 10th-century Book of Deer. The park has a caravan area with camping, a small shop, a small cafe near the agricultural museum, a play area, the maintained ruins of Aden House, landscaped gardens, and a barbecue area.
2 miSW
Archaeological site
Strichen stone circle
52 min walk • Strichen stone circle is a Megalithic recumbent stone circle located near Strichen, Aberdeenshire in the north east of Scotland. It has been destroyed twice and in the early 1980s was excavated and reconstructed.
6.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Dundarg Castle
168 min walk • Dundarg Castle is a ruined castle about 2 kilometres north-northeast of New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built within the ramparts of an earlier Iron Age promontory fort. It was described by W.
6.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Inverallochy Castle
161 min walk • Inverallochy Castle is a ruined courtyard castle, near the village of Inverallochy in the Buchan area of North-East Scotland, dating to 1504.
1.2 miSW
Village
Strichen
31 min walk • Strichen is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It sits on the A981, connecting it to New Deer 7.2 miles to the southwest and Fraserburgh 8 miles to the north-northeast, and the B9093, connecting it to New Pitsligo about 4 miles due west.
4.9 miW
Village
New Pitsligo
126 min walk • New Pitsligo, also known as Cavoch, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, quite near Fraserburgh.