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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.

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Locality
Fettercairn
Region
Alba / Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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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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Fettercairn
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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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