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Fettercairn
Sign in to saveFettercairn (, ) is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell. Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road (B974) from Deeside.
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- Locality
- Fettercairn
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Fettercairn
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Fothair Chàrdain
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Aberdeenshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Kincardineshire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Fettercairnarch John Aldersley-Williams.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Royal Arch by John Milne
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NO650734
- UK place.postcode_district
- AB30
- UK place.postcode_area
- AB
- UK place.post_town
- LAURENCEKIRK
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Angus North and Mearns
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- Image
- Fettercairndistscotaug05 021.jpg
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- Fettercairn
- P8168
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Fettercairn (, ) is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell. Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road (B974) from Deeside.
The name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Fothair and the Pictish carden and means "slope by a thicket". The name appeared as Fotherkern in c. 970.
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