Longmanhill is a settlement in the

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 ...

parish of

Gamrie Gardenstown is a small coastal village, by road east of Banff in Aberdeenshire, northeastern Scotland. It lies in the civil parish of Gamrie, formerly part of Banffshire. The village's main economic base is fishing. Gardenstown is served by G ...

; it is located along the A98 road connecting

Fraserburgh Fraserburgh (; ), locally known as the Broch, is a town in Aberdeenshire (unitary), Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a population recorded in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census as 13,100. It lies in Buchan in the northeastern corner of th ...

to Macduff. This hamlet was founded in the year 1822 by the

Earl of Fife The Earl of Fife or Mormaer of Fife was the ruler of the province of Fife in medieval Scotland, which encompassed the modern counties of Fife and Kinross. Due to their royal ancestry, the earls of Fife were the highest ranking nobles in the re ...

. Nearby is a prehistoric cairn, the eponymous

Longman Hill Longmanhill is a Bronze Age long barrow situated atop a prominent rounded landform in northern Aberdeenshire, Scotland near Banff Bay. Due to the low-lying coastal plain characteristics, the elevation of Longmanhill affords a long-distance view as ...

.C.Michael Hogan, 2008

References

* Gazetteer for Scotland: Longmanhill (2008

* C.Michael Hogan (2008) ''Longman Hill'', Modern Antiquaria

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Villages in Aberdeenshire Banff and Buchan {{Aberdeenshire-stub

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