Udny Green

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Udny Castle, near Udny Green Udny Castle, Geograph.jpg
Udny Castle, near Udny Green

Udny Green (Scottish Gaelic: Olldanaidh; Doric: Widnie Green) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located immediately south-west of Pitmedden. [1] It forms part of the parish of Udny, along with the nearby settlement of Udny Station. Udny Parish Church stands beside the village green, with the old kirkyard and Udny Mort House on the opposite side. [2]

History

On 22 September 1943, the Royal Engineers were called out to Udny Castle to investigate reports of an unexploded bomb. It was subsequently identified as a “flash bomb” used by the Luftwaffe at night to illuminate areas for navigation or photographic purposes.

Footnotes

  1. "Udny Green". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  2. "Udny Parish Community action plan 2012" (PDF). Formartine Partnership. Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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