Tewel

Last updated

Tewel
Aberdeenshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Tewel
Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference NO828854
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STONEHAVEN
Postcode district AB39
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°57′28″N2°16′50″W / 56.9578°N 2.2805°W / 56.9578; -2.2805

Tewel is a hamlet located approximately two miles west of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire on the Auchenblae Road in Northeast Scotland.

Tewel Farm Tewel farm buildings.jpg
Tewel Farm

It consists of:

Nearby places of note

Significant historic listed buildings in the vicinity include: Fetteresso Castle, which is also the site of Bronze Age discoveries< [1] and Muchalls Castle, [2] originally a 14th-century tower house. Also in the vicinity are the villages of Auchenblae and Drumlithie, both considered part of the original region of Kincardineshire.

References

  1. C.Michael Hogan, Fetteresso Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2008)
  2. Nigel Tranter, The Fortified House in Scotland , Volume IV, pp 167-169, Oliver & Boyd (1962 to 1971)