Plaidy, Aberdeenshire

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Plaidy
Aberdeenshire

Meadow at Plaidy
Location
Grid reference: NJ729549
Location: 57°34’58"N, 2°27’18"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Aberdeenshire

Plaidy is a tiny hamlet beside the A547 in Aberdeenshire, about three miles north of Turriff and a little under twice that south of Banff.

The railway line south from Macduff, part of the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway, once passed through here and there was a railway station at Plaidy, opened in 1860. The station closed in 1951 and line since been closed and the track removed.