New Pitsligo

The local area to the immediate south is rich with prehistory and historical features. There are found a number of prehistoric monuments including Catto Long Barrow, Silver Cairn and numerous tumuli. In that same vicinity of the Laeca Burn watershed is the point d'appui of historic battles between invading Danes and indigenous Picts. Pitsligo was an area originally owned by the Lords Pitsligo, however after the Jacobite rising of 1745 these lands were forfeited because of the last Lord's support for the losing side. Part of the estate eventually passed to William Forbes of Monymusk who founded the village of New Pitsligo on the site of the existing hamlet of Cyaak. The boundaries of the…

A small village in the North East of Scotland, it lies about 5 mi inland from Pennan and around 10 mi south-west of Fraserburgh on the A950. It has a sub-post office located in a convenience shop, a chip shop, tandoori restaurant and a Chinese takeaway. There is also a public library and a doctor's surgery. There are several parks in the village, two pubs, a car sales garage and a MOT and repair garage. Pitsligo Arms Hotel, on High Street, was built in 1790 to provide accommodation for William Forbes upon his visits. By 1864, the village had just under two thousand inhabitants; as of 2006, it was 907. New Pitsligo is built on Turlundie Hill leading down to the valley between it and…