Downies
Downies is a cliff-top village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland situated on Cammachmore Bay.[1] Historically Downies was a fishing village, until much of the local North Sea fishery collapsed from overfishing; presently Downies is chiefly a residential dormitory adjunct to the city of Aberdeen.[2]
Local area history
The local area of Downies was first recorded in medieval history in association with the
See also
References
- ^ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
- ^ Downies and Portlethen Archived 10 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ C. Michael Hogan, Causey Mounth, Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 3 November 2007
- ^ Watt, Archibald, Highways and By-ways around Kincardineshire, Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)
57°02′N 2°07′W / 57.033°N 2.117°W