Fetterangus (, ) is a small village in

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire (; ) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, which had substantial ...

, Scotland, located just to the north of Mintlaw. Fetterangus is often called "Fishie", though the origin of this nickname is unknown. Lord Pitfour is credited with establishing the village of Fetterangus in 1752 as it fell within the lands of the Pitfour estate. Fetterangus was in Banffshire until 1891. Though only having a population of 400, the village has an active community association that has erected a community owned windturbine near the village to earn an income for community projects by selling power to the national grid. A nearby visitor attraction is Drinnie's Observatory, which was built in 1845 and offers attractive views over the Buchan countryside for miles in all directions. Fetterangus has its ow
primary school
though secondary pupils have a 2-mile journey to Mintlaw Academy.

Prehistory

The local area is rich with prehistory and historical features. Somewhat to the south of Fetterangus are a number of

prehistoric Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use o ...

monuments including

Catto Long Barrow Cairn Catto is a Neolithic long cairn near the village of Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973. Description Cairn Catto is located southeast of Longside, in ...

,C. Michael Hogan (2008
''Catto Long Barrow fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian
/ref> Silver Cairn and many tumuli. In the same vicinity of the

Laeca Burn Laeca Burn is a stream in northeastern Aberdeenshire, Scotland. There are numerous archaeological sites in the Laeca Burn watershed, "especially on the eastern side of Laeca Burn", where Catto Long Barrow is situated.C. Michael Hogan (2008) C. ...

watershed is the

point d'appui A ''point d'appui'' (French fofulcrum, in military theory, is a location where troops are assembled prior to a battle. Often a monument is erected to commemorate the ''point d'appui'' for notable battles. In some battles there may be more than a s ...

of historic battles between invading Danes and indigenous

Pict PICT is a graphics file format introduced on the original Apple Macintosh computer as its standard metafile format. It allows the interchange of graphics (both bitmapped and vector), and some limited text support, between Mac applications, an ...

Notable People

* Elizabeth Stewart (singer), (1939-2022)

References

External links

Fetterangus Primary SchoolOfficial Tourism Web Site
Villages in Aberdeenshire Tumuli in Scotland Buchan {{Aberdeenshire-geo-stub