2005

NJ7916 : Kintore Town Centre

taken 19 years ago, near to Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

This is 1 of 3 images, with title starting with Kintore Town in this square
Kintore Town Centre
Kintore Town Centre
Kintore, a small town in East Aberdeenshire, situated close to the River Don. On the A96, 13 miles North-west of Aberdeen. The name Kintore comes from the Gaelic, Ceann-an-torr, "Ceann" means head or end, "Torr" means a round hill, the name signifies that the town was at the head or end of a round hill. Founded in the late 12th century as a royal burgh. The earliest Royal Charter was granted to Kintore in 1506 by King James IV. It was the fourth town in Scotland to be given a notarial charter

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Category: Town centre
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · River Don at Kintore [9] · Town Centre [3] ·
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NJ7916, 60 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Colin Walker   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 6 June, 2005   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 6 June, 2005
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NJ 79 16 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 57:14.3249N 2:20.4762W
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Image classification(about): Geograph (First for NJ7916) · First in 5 Years (TPoint) (about)
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