Catterline is a coastal village on the North Sea in

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, Scotland. It is situated about south of Stonehaven; nearby to the north are Dunnottar Castle and

Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve Fowlsheugh is a coastal nature reserve in Kincardineshire, northeast Scotland, known for its cliff formations and habitat supporting prolific seabird nesting colonies. Designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) by Scottish Natura ...

. Other noted architectural or historic features in the general area include

Fetteresso Castle Fetteresso Castle is a 14th-century tower house, rebuilt in 1761 as a Scottish Gothic style Palladian manor, with clear evidence of prehistoric use of the site. It is situated immediately west of the town of Stonehaven in Kincardineshire, slightl ...

Fiddes Castle The Castle of Fiddes is a 16th-century tower house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located around south-west of Stonehaven. It is dated 1592 on a window lintel, with a later date of 1673 on the east wall suggesting a renovation at this time. It was t ...

Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan The Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan is a ruined chapel overlooking the North Sea immediately north of Stonehaven, in the Mearns of Scotland, along the northern shoreline of Stonehaven Bay. (Watt, 1985) The founding of this Christian place o ...

and Muchalls Castle.Archibald Watt, ''Highways and Byways Around Kincardineshire'', The Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)
Catterline Bay Scotland

Vicinity prehistory

Prehistoric features in the local area include Bronze Age archaeological recoveries at

Fetteresso The Kirktown of Fetteresso is a well-preserved village near Stonehaven, Scotland. In the planning area of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, this village contains many very old stone residential structures as well as the Church of St. Cia ...

, Dunnottar and

Spurryhillock Spurryhillock is a mesolithic archaeological site and modern industrial estate at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The area is bordered on its southern edge by the Dundee–Aberdeen line, and on its western edge by the A90. A bus depot is ...

Notable inhabitants

The artist Joan Eardley lived in the village in the 1950s up until her death in 1963. Many of her wild seascapes were painted here. The painter James Morrison also lived and worked in Catterline in the late 1950s, before moving to Montrose. Scottish-Canadian

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politician Tom McEwen was a resident of Catterline between 1900 and 1904.

Local media

Alongside the commercial enterprise of the local newspaper, the '' Mearns Leader'', Catterline also receives broadcasts from local community radio station Mearns FM.

Education

Catterline has a primary school.

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