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'''Rosehearty''' is a village and burgh on the [[Moray Firth]] coast of [[Aberdeenshire]], four miles west of the town [[Fraserburgh]]. | '''Rosehearty''' is a village and burgh on the [[Moray Firth]] coast of [[Aberdeenshire]], four miles west of the town of [[Fraserburgh]]. | ||
The village has a population of approximately 1,300 with about 25 per cent of pensionable age. There is one shop, a butcher, a hairdresser and three hotels in the village. | The village has a population of approximately 1,300 with about 25 per cent of pensionable age. There is one shop, a butcher, a hairdresser and three hotels in the village. |
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Rosehearty Gaelic: Ros Abhartaich | |
Aberdeenshire | |
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Quarry Head | |
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Post town: | Fraserburgh |
Postcode: | AB43 |
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Council: | Aberdeenshire |
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Banff and Buchan |
Rosehearty is a village and burgh on the Moray Firth coast of Aberdeenshire, four miles west of the town of Fraserburgh.
The village has a population of approximately 1,300 with about 25 per cent of pensionable age. There is one shop, a butcher, a hairdresser and three hotels in the village.
According to local legend, the village which is now Rosehearty was founded by a group of shipwrecked Danes in the 14th century. In 1424 the Fraser family built Pitsligo Castle a few hundred yards inland which was then later enlarged by the Forbes family in 1570. The remains of the Castle are visible from Rosehearty. Rosehearty was granted a charter in the 1680s by King Charles II.
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