Leochel-Cushnie
Leochel-Cushnie is a parish in Aberdeenshire, about 40 km west of Aberdeen (West Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)).
Stone circle[]
In January 2019 a "recumbent stone circle" in the parish, thought to be thousands of years old, was revealed to have been constructed, by a former farm owner, in the 1990s. Historic Environment Scotland and Aberdeenshire Council's archaeology service had celebrated the circle as an authentic discovery and continued their research until being contacted by the former owner.[1][2]
Notable people[]
- Peter Shepherd (1841–1879), a British Army doctor. He was born at Leochel Cushnie.
- Patrick Forbes, Bishop of Caithness, died at Craigievar, Aberdeenshire, in October 1668, and was buried in Leochel church, in the Craigievar aisle.
- John Forbes (1593–1648), a Scottish minister and theologian, was buried in the churchyard of Leochel.
- James Forbes (minister), a Scottish-Australian Presbyterian minister and educator, born 1813 in Leochel-Cushnie.
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