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This is the website for the village of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire in the North East of Scotland |
There's also a Rhynie in Easter Ross, near Invergordon
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Rhynie, Aberdeenshire
Rhynie lies between Ord Hill and the Water of Bogie, 14 miles northwest of Alford.
A former market centre, the village was also known as Muir of Rhynie.
In the old kirkyard of Rhynie there are three Pictish symbol stones dating from the 6th -7th Century AD. Two more Pictish stones stand in the village square. At the entrance to the school there is a cast of the Rhynie Man, taken from a stone now located at Woodhill House, Aberdeen.
A mile to the north-west, on the Tap o' Noth (1849 feet) there is a spectacular hillfort occupied on at least two occasions between the 1st millennium BC and the early 1st millennium AD.
A former market centre, the village was also known as Muir of Rhynie.
In the old kirkyard of Rhynie there are three Pictish symbol stones dating from the 6th -7th Century AD. Two more Pictish stones stand in the village square. At the entrance to the school there is a cast of the Rhynie Man, taken from a stone now located at Woodhill House, Aberdeen.
A mile to the north-west, on the Tap o' Noth (1849 feet) there is a spectacular hillfort occupied on at least two occasions between the 1st millennium BC and the early 1st millennium AD.
