Rathen, Aberdeenshire

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Rathen
Cottage and kirk, Rathen (geograph 6597583).jpg
Rathen Kirk and adjacent but and ben
Rathen is located in Aberdeenshire
Rathen
Rathen
Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid referenceNK000607
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFRASERBURGH
Postcode districtAB43
Dialling code01346
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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57°38′00″N 2°00′07″W / 57.63338°N 2.00198°W / 57.63338; -2.00198Coordinates: 57°38′00″N 2°00′07″W / 57.63338°N 2.00198°W / 57.63338; -2.00198

Rathen, Aberdeenshire, is a parish and hamlet near Fraserburgh, Scotland. In Scottish Gaelic, its name means fort on the river.[1]

On the coast is Cairnbulg Point, flanking the eastern side of Fraserburgh Bay.[1] Mormond Hill (769 feet (234 m)) sits on the borders of Rathen, Strichen and Lonmay.[1] Rathen Burn runs through the parish for three miles.[1]

The old kirk is one of the most ancient in Aberdeenshire. The church was given, by Marjory, Countess of Buchan, to Arbroath Abbey in the 13th century.[1] In 1328, Robert the Bruce, a year before his death, granted it to the college and canons of Old Machar.[1] Its nave was erected by the Frasers of Memsie in 1646.[1] While the belfry dates from 1782, its bell has the inscription Peter Jansen, 1643.[1] The church was replaced in 1870 by a new construction to the east of its predecessor.[1]

There is also a free church, Inverallochy and Rathen East Church,[2] two miles northeast of Rathen.[3]

At the end of the 19th century, the main residence was , with House of Memsie being used as a farmhouse.[1]

Rathen railway station formerly existed as part of the now-defunct Formartine and Buchan Railway.

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