Fordoun

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Fourdoun is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Fothirdun (possibly "the lower place"), as it was historically known, was an important area in the Howe of the Mearns. Fordoun and Auchenblae, together with their immediate districts form the Parish of Fordoun with the Parish Church in Auchenblae!^[1]

At one time it had a railway station (Opened:November 1849 Closed: June 1956^[2]) and quite a few shops, but now only a pub and a seasonal farm shop remain. ^[3] The area is served by Redmyre Primary School which is reached by an underpass beneath the dual carriageway.^[3]

[edit] Noted people

• John of Fordun (d. c. 1384), Scottish Chronicler was born in Fordoun.
• James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-99), judge lived at Monboddo House, a 17th-century house in the parish. He was author of The Origin and Progress of Man and Language, a study of evolution that predated Charles Darwin.
• James Beattie (1735-1803), Scottish scholar and writer was born in Laurencekirk and first worked as schoolmaster in Fordoun. He became Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic at Marischal College and is noted for his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth (1770) and poem The Minstrel.^[4]

[edit] History

There is a Pictish symbol stone, St. Palladius' Stone just outside the village at NO726784^[5][6]

North of the village is a disused airfield that was active during World War II. A two-runway satellite for Peterhead airfield, Fordoun operated from 1942 to 1944.^[7]

[edit] External links

1. ^ Fordoun and Auchenblae. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
2. ^ Aberdeen Railway. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
3. ^ ^{a b} Mearn Community website. Fordoun and Auchenblae. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
4. ^ Julie Watt. James Beattie Biography. Retrieved on 2007-04-239.
5. ^ Fourdoun Stone. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
6. ^ image of Fordoun Stone. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
7. ^ Disused WWII Airfields in N.E. Scotland. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.

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Coordinates: 56°52′24″N 2°24′40″W / 56.87333, -2.41111