May Craig is a rocky island situated along the North Sea coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] May Craig lies about one half mile (0.8 km) south of Newtonhill and a mile (1.6 km) northeast of the village of Muchalls. A small islet of the same name lies three miles (five km) to the north-northeast.
craig, island, craig, rocky, island, situated, along, north, coast, aberdeenshire, scotland, craig, lies, about, half, mile, south, newtonhill, mile, northeast, village, muchalls, small, islet, same, name, lies, three, miles, five, north, northeast, area, hist. May Craig is a rocky island situated along the North Sea coast of Aberdeenshire Scotland 1 May Craig lies about one half mile 0 8 km south of Newtonhill and a mile 1 6 km northeast of the village of Muchalls A small islet of the same name lies three miles five km to the north northeast Area history editThe area to the west of May Craig was first inhabited by Pictish peoples who left prehistoric megalithic monuments along a trackway known as the Causey Mounth a name coined in medieval times Examples of these megaliths are Old Bourtreebush stone circle and Aquhorthies stone circle 2 Historic structures in the general area include Elsick House Gillybrands and Muchalls Castle 3 57 1 29 56 N 2 8 50 68 W 57 0248778 N 2 1474111 W 57 0248778 2 1474111See also editFindon PortlethenReferences edit United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45 Stonehaven and Banchory 1 50 000 scale 2004 C Michael Hogan Causey Mounth Megalithic Portal ed by Andy Burnham 3 Nov 2007 Archibald Watt Highways and Biways around Kincardineshire Stonehaven Heritage Society 1985 nbsp This article related to Aberdeenshire Scotland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title May Craig island amp oldid 925684944, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
