Portlethen

Portlethen is a Town in the county of Aberdeenshire.

Portlethen postcode: AB12 4PT

There are great places to visit near Portlethen.

Portlethen History

There are some historic monuments around Portlethen:

The Bothy, fort and earthwork 350m NNE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Secular: 20th -century militaria, one-off forms of construction SM12468
Cowie Chapel,chapel 180m N of Cowie Castle Ecclesiastical: chapel SM5584
Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke 220m NE of Cat Cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain); Secular: consumption dyke SM12342
Cat Cairn, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4125
Craighead,stone circle 70m NNE of Hilltop Lodge Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM975
Craigentath,field systems and houses 250m SE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosed cremation cemetery SM4500
White Hill,house and field system Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM4875
Rough's Cairn, consumption dykes Secular: consumption dyke SM43
Auchlee Cottage, stone circle 120m NNE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM12354
Aquhorthies, stone circle,cairn and platform 200m NNE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM971
Cantleyhills, cairn 150m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn SM3298
Bieldside, cairn, Cults Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM3956
Old Bourtreebush,stone circle and cairn 250m W of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM980
Castle of Cowie Secular: castle SM9742
Tullos Cairn, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4055
Shields, hut circle 295m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: hut circle, roundhouse SM12476
Auchlee, stone circle 275m NNE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM12473
Balnagask motte, Baxter Place, Aberdeen Secular: motte SM10403
Baron's Cairn, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4126
Crab's Cairn, cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM4060
East Crossley,field systems and houses 600m NW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: field or field system; Secular: house SM4658
Torry Battery, battery 130m ESE of Old South Breakwater 20th Century Military and Related: Battery; Secular: battery SM9215
St Fittick's Church, Aberdeen Ecclesiastical: church SM10400
Pitfoddels Castle, motte 30m E of Norwood Secular: motte SM3744

History of Portlethen

The Webb chicken was first bred on a farm to the west of Portlethen in the 1920s. The Webb and its related breeds are popular choices with free range farmers due to their natural disinclination to roost in trees and shrubs.

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