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Pitcaple
Pitcaple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Urie 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Inverurie.
Pitcaple
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Pitcaple | |
Pitcaple Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| OS grid reference | NJ722251 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | INVERURIE |
| Postcode district | AB51 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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| 57°19′12″N 2°27′48″W / 57.32000°N 2.46333°WCoordinates: 57°19′12″N 2°27′48″W / 57.32000°N 2.46333°W | |
Nearby Pitcaple Castle is a 17th-century country house which was restored by William Burn in 1830.[1] It was built close to the remains of a 15th-century tower house.
There is a disused railway station.
William Alexander
The journalist and author, William Alexander (1826 - 1894) was brought up on Damhead Farm near Pitcaple.[2]
References
- ^ "Pitcaple". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ Donaldson, William, Introduction to Alexander, William, The Laird of Drammochdyle and his Contemporaries, Aberdeen University Press, 1986, pp. xi - vvii, ISBN 0-08-034520-4