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Clubs and Sports
Portlethen Community Sports Hub
plus Local Clubs/Sports information
List of Local Clubs
List of Aberdeenshire Hubs
Local Exercise Classes / Gyms


Information
Local Contact Information for
Shops, Library, Tradesmen, etc.
Small Trades
Shops/Businesses
Body/Mind
Hospitality
Misc' other info'

Maps / Locations
Local Routes for Walking, Cycling, etc.

History
Local History and Stories from our area

Photos from around our Community
Views -- Flora -- Fauna -- Aerial -- Life

List of Events, '16 / '17 / 2018 / '19
School Fayres / Local Galas etc.

Website Listing
Local Websites and Facebook pages

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Please contact me with suggestions
for all additions and any updates

Most Recent Revision - 14th Jun'18


History


Richard Henry Brunton - Wikipedia - born 26 December 1841 in Muchalls
Father of Japanese Lighthouses: over a period of seven and a half years he designed
and supervised the building of 26 Japanese lighthouses in the Western style.

Surgeon Alexander Crombie Keith M.B C.M. - WebPage - born 11 December 1849
Son of William Keith (Muchalls) and Burnette Silver (Netherley), Died 13th January 1880 near Cabul caused by exposure during the campaign In Afghinastan .

James Duncan (union leader) - Wikipedia - born 5 May 1857 in Portlethen
Scottish American union leader and president of the Granite Cutters International Association


RAF Schoolhill - Chain Home Radar Station
Unfortunately most of this has been demolished (progress?!), but some remnants remain

Stone Circles, etc. near Portlethen:
Aquhorthies Recumbent Stone Circle - Old Bourtreebush Stone Circle
Craighead Stone Circle - Cairnwell Ring Cairn - Hilton of Cairngrassie Standing Stone

Causey Mounth and nearby Stone Circles - from Portlethen Moss Conservation Group

Hill Of Auchlee, Boswell's Monument


Portlethen Moss - a Concise Baseline of everything - 7th Apr'18 - 1MB PDF
Figures 1 and 2 - 6MB PDF - Figures 3 and 4 - 10MB PDF
Figures 5 and 6 - 4MB PDF - Figures 7 and 8 - 4MB PDF
Courtesy of Dr Andy McMullen - Botanaeco

Hundreds of old scanned photos from Fred Stewart stored on flickr:
Portlethen Heritage Society

Here are some recent pieces of written work by Fred Stewart,
the local “Heritage Mannie” of Portlethen:

Richard Henry Brunton - Muchalls - Click for PDF
Alexander Silver - Netherley - Click for PDF
James Duncan - Hillside - Click for PDF (1) - Click for PDF (2)
Ardoe House - Banchory Devenick - Click for PDF
Causey Mounth - Aberdeen to Stonehaven - Click for PDF
Knights Templar - Maryculter - Click for PDF
The Marship - Click for PDF

Added 1st May'18 :-
John Alexander - PDF (1) - PDF (2) - PDF (3)
John Milne - Click for PDF
Elizabeth Foord - Click for PDF
Portlethen Church - Click for PDF

Added 11th Jun'18 :-
Evidence of the Roman Army in Kincardineshire - Click for PDF
Hercules Ross - Click for PDF
Romans and Agricola - Click for PDF
Alexander Crombie Silver - Click for PDF
Portlethen, The War Years, by Isobel Law - Click for PDF
Daniel Ross - Click for PDF
Muchalls Golf Club - Click for PDF
Netherley House - Click for PDF

Added 3rd Sep'18 :-
St Fittick - Click for PDF
Nicol Family - Click for PDF
Hercules Ross - Click for PDF
George Silver - Click for PDF
Findon - Click for PDF
Findon Music - Click for PDF
Colonel Robert Walker - Click for PDF
Robert Walker - Click for PDF
George Walker - Click for PDF
Clochandighter - Click for PDF

Added 6th Sep'18 :-
George Angus Murray Thomson - Click for PDF
Horation Ross - Click for PDF
James Grey Nicol - Click for PDF
Thesis Extract - Robert Haldane Cook - Click for PDF


World War I

Portlethen Parish Church - War Memorial - Click for PDF

Information from the Commonwealth War Grave Commision: www.cwgc.org

James Masson - Click for PDF
George L.Duthie - Click for PDF
A.D.Marr - Click for PDF
Alexander Craig - Click for PDF
John W.Barron - Click for PDF
Robert Calder
John Craig
James Dick - Click for PDF
Gordon Douglas
James Gauld
Georg A.Gray
John Leiper
Alenander Spence
E.W.Taggart
John Tawse
William Walker
John Wood
John Wood
John Craig
R.G.Milne
G.Dempster
Alexander Main
George Wood
John Wood
George Thomson
Peter Hardie