Strichen
Sign in to saveStrichen is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It sits on the A981, connecting it to New Deer to the southwest and Fraserburgh to the north-northeast, and the B9093, connecting it to New Pitsligo about due west. The village was founded in 1764, as the village of Mormond, by Alexander Fraser, (Lord Strichen). It is situated on the River Ugie at the foothills of Mormond Hill. The Strichen White Horse is constructed of quartz on Mormond Hill, some northeast of Strichen.
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Place details
- Locality
- Strichen
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 940
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Strichen
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Srath Fheichein
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.static_image_name
- Strichen Town House 35.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Strichen Town House
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NJ946551
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.post_town
- FRASERBURGH
- UK place.postcode_area
- AB
- UK place.postcode_district
- AB43
- UK place.constituency_westminster
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1020
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Strichen Main Street.JPG
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- Aberdeenshire
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Strichen is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It sits on the A981, connecting it to New Deer to the southwest and Fraserburgh to the north-northeast, and the B9093, connecting it to New Pitsligo about due west. The village was founded in 1764, as the village of Mormond, by Alexander Fraser, (Lord Strichen). It is situated on the River Ugie at the foothills of Mormond Hill. The Strichen White Horse is constructed of quartz on Mormond Hill, some northeast of Strichen.
==History== There is considerable evidence of local habitation by early man in and around Strichen. Strichen Stone Circle can be found near Strichen House in publicly accessible land. Further south lies the Catto Long Barrow and a number of tumuli.