Catterline
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Catterline is a coastal village on the North Sea coast of Kincardineshire. It is situated about five miles south of Stonehaven; nearby to the north are Dunnottar Castle and Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve. Other noted architectural or historic features in the general area include Fetteresso Castle, Fiddes Castle, Chapel of St Mary and St Nathalan and Muchalls Castle.[1]
Vicinity prehistory
Prehistoric features in the local area include Bronze Age archaeological recoveries at Fetteresso,[2] Dunnottar and Spurryhillock.[1]
Notable inhabitants
- The artist Joan Eardley lived in the village in the 1950s up until her death in 1963. Many of her wild seascapes were painted here.
- Communist politician Tom McEwen was a resident of Catterline between 1900 and 1904.
Education
Catterline has a primary school.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Archibald Watt, Highways and Byways Around Kincardineshire, The Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Fetteresso Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian
- ↑ Beattie, Kieran (2021-07-31). "Beach Clean Champions: Catterline schoolkids win the Really Rubbish Award in our reader's poll" (in en-US). https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/beach-clean-champions-catterline-schoolkids-win-the-really-rubbish-award-in-our-readers-poll/.
Outside links
 |
("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Catterline) |
- Location map: 56°53’52"N, 2°13’4"W
- Catterline Online Catterline Community Web Site
- Catterline, Kinneff and Dunnottar Community Council
This Kincardineshire article is a stub: help to improve Wikishire by building it up.