Pitcaple
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Pitcaple
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| OS grid reference | NJ722251 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | INVERURIE |
| Postcode district | AB51 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
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Pitcaple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Urie 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Inverurie.
Nearby Pitcaple Castle is a 17th-century country house which was restored by William Burn in 1830.[1] It was built close to the remains of a 15th-century tower house.
There is a disused railway station.
William Alexander
[edit | edit source]The journalist and author William Alexander (1826 - 1894) was brought up on Damhead Farm near Pitcaple.[2]
References
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