Leuchar Burn is a stream that rises in the Loch of Skene, in Aberdeenshire,

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Initially near the headwaters Leuchar Burn flows in a southerly course;United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map, Landranger 45, Stonehaven & Banchory, 1:50,000 scale (2004) as it approaches the

Royal Deeside The River Dee ( gd, Uisge Dhè) is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It rises in the Cairngorms and flows through southern Aberdeenshire to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen. The area it passes through is known as Deeside, or Royal Deeside in ...

, the watercourse rotates to the southeast, ultimately forming a boundary between Aberdeenshire and

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City. The stream then veers southerly once again before merging to the Culter Burn, which joins the River Dee at the village of

Peterculter Peterculter ( sco, Petercouter), also known as Culter (Scots: ''Couter''), is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, about inland from Aberdeen city centre. Peterculter is on the northern banks of the River Dee, near the confluences with Crynoch ...

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