The Fetteresso Forest is a
woodland that is principally
coniferous
Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All extant ...
situated in the
Mounth range of the
Grampian Mountains in
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
,
Scotland. The forest has a number of prominent mountain peaks including the
Hill of Blacklodge and
Craiginour peak. A good overlook for viewing the forest from the north side lies on an unnamed tarmack road which leads north from the
Slug Road to the
Raedykes Roman site. The
Cowie Water flows through and drains much of the forest. To the north of the easternmost part of the forest is the archaeological site Raedykes
Roman Camp
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term.
In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...
, as well as
Cowton Burn
Cowton Burn is a stream that rises in the Mounth, or eastern range of the Grampian Mountains, on some of the northwest slopes of the Durris Forest west of Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The Grid Reference for the headwaters is NO 925 823); ...
. The Slug Road runs along much of the northeast perimeter of Fetteresso Forest.
Notable features in this vicinity include
Dunnottar Castle,
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 ...
,
Bogjurgan Hill
Bogjurgan Hill is an elevated landform at the southern verge of the Fetteresso Forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004 Its top is at an elevation of above se ...
and
Muchalls Castle.
Natural features
Summer flow rates of the Cowie Water are typically in the range of within Fetteresso Forest. July values for
pH have been measured at 8.17 or slightly
alkaline
In chemistry, an alkali (; from ar, القلوي, al-qaly, lit=ashes of the saltwort) is a base (chemistry), basic, ionic compound, ionic salt (chemistry), salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal. An alkali can also be defined as ...
[C.M. Hogan, ''History of Muchalls Castle'', Lumina Tech Press, Aberdeen (2005)] July water temperatures are about 11.9 degrees Celsius and
electrical conductivity
Electrical resistivity (also called specific electrical resistance or volume resistivity) is a fundamental property of a material that measures how strongly it resists electric current. A low resistivity indicates a material that readily allow ...
at the mouth has been measured at a relatively low value of .06 micro-Siemens per meter.
Turbidity measured exactly 24 hours after a moderate rainfall of one centimeter was 19 JTU in a July circumstance.
See also
*
Drumtochty Forest
Drumtochty Forest is a coniferous woodland in Kincardineshire, Scotland. In earlier times this forest was associated with Drumtochty Castle. Other notable buildings in this part of the Mearns include Fasque House, Fetteresso Castle, and Muchal ...
*
Tewel
*
Ury House Ury or URY may refer to:
Places
* River Ury, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
* Ury House, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland, an historic mansion
* Ury, Seine-et-Marne, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne département of France
* Ury, West Virginia, ...
Line notes
Environment of Kincardine and Deeside
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