Towns & cities · Scottish Highlands
Mintlaw
Mintlaw — village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Mintlaw is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 2,820 people. Wikidata describes it as: "village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 57.5250°, -2.0010°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Mintlaw (literally meaning a smooth, flat place) is a large village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies at the intersection of the A950 and A952 roads, west of Peterhead. The 2001 UK census records a population of 2,647 people. It supports a number of shops and local amenities such as a police station, library, dental surgery and group doctors' practice. Aberdeenshire Museums Service is based in a new purpose-built museum building housing Aberdeenshire's large reserve collections, a conservation laboratory and the Discovery Centre. The service also runs another three museums: the nearby Aberdeenshire Farming Museum at Aden Country Park, home to the service nationally recognised agricultural collection, Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead and Banchory Museum. Aden Country Park also contains a ruined mansion house, forest walks and a theme park.
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Background
History
The local area is rich in prehistory and historical features. Somewhat to the south of Mintlaw are a number of prehistoric monuments including Catto Long Barrow, Silver Cairn and many tumuli. In that same vicinity of the Laeca Burn watershed is the point d'appui of historical battles between invading Danes and indigenous Picts. housing built at Mintlaw in the 1980s]] Mintlaw was formed as a planned village around 1813 by James Ferguson the third Laird of Pitfour. Unlike many planned villages of the time, trees lined the streets and instead of having a square at the centre of the village, it was diamond-shaped. It was later redesigned to become a roundabout on the main route between Aberdeen…
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- Coordinates
- 57.5250, -2.0010
- District
- Aberdeenshire
- Postcode
- AB42 5EY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
- Population
- 2,820
- Official site
- www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1011331 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Mintlaw (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Mintlaw monument 10.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Mintlaw?
- Mintlaw is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode AB42 5EY).
- Is Mintlaw free to visit?
- Yes, Mintlaw is free to enter.
- How do I get to Mintlaw?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode AB42 5EY. It sits within the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East parliamentary constituency.