Pitcaple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the banks of the River Urie, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Inverurie.[1]
Pitcaple
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.jpg) Pitcaple | |
  Pitcaple Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| OS grid reference | NJ722251 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | INVERURIE |
| Postcode district | AB51 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Nearby Pitcaple Castle dates from around 1457 and was restored by William Burn in 1835.[2]
There is a disused railway station.
William Alexander
editThe journalist and author William Alexander (1826–1894) was brought up on Damhead Farm near Pitcaple.[3]
References
edit- ↑ "Pitcaple". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ "Pitcaple Castle". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Donaldson, William (1986). "Introduction to Alexander, William". The Laird of Drammochdyle and his Contemporaries. Aberdeen University Press. pp. xi–xvii. ISBN 0-08-034520-4.
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