Echt () is an
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 ...
crossroads village in northeast
Scotland
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with a population of approximately 300 people. Echt has 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 ...
remains, including the Barmekin of Echt which is on a hill to the northwest. There is also the Cullerlie
stone circle
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near
Sunhoney Farm, which may date from the
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
.
Echt contains a
church
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Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
, village shop/post office,
restaurant
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(Echt Tandoori) and pleasure park with a designated area of children's play equipment and local football matches are held. The annual Echt Show, a farmers' show, is held on the 2nd Saturday in July.
It is centred on the junction of the B977
Dunecht
Dunecht () is a slightly linear village on the A944 road in north-east Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It is not to be confused with Echt.
Dunecht is located 12 miles (19.5 km) west of the city of Aberdeen
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a por ...
—
Banchory
Banchory (, , ) is a burgh or town in Aberdeenshire, historically in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is about west of Aberdeen, near where the Feugh River meets the River Dee.
Prehistory and archaeology
In 2009, a farmer discovered a short ...
road and the B9119 Kingsford—Ordie road. It is some from the city of
Aberdeen
Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...
.
Literary associations
Echt was the birthplace, in 1896, of Chris Guthrie, the fictional heroine of
Lewis Grassic Gibbon's trilogy ''
A Scots Quair''. In the 1890s, Jean Baxter, author of the collection of poems in
Scots ''A' Ae 'Oo'' (1928), spent part of her childhood in the village, while her family kept the Balcarres Arms Hotel.
[Baxter, Alison (2024), ''Another Song at Sunset: Jean Baxter; Scots poet and friend of Lewis Grassic Gibbon'', ,]
References
* ''AA Touring Guide to Scotland'' (1978)
Further reading
* Baxter, Alison (2024), ''Another Song at Sunset: Jean Baxter, Scots poet and friend of
Lewis Grassic Gibbon'',
External links
Echt in the Gazetteer for Scotland*
Virtual Eagle Tour of Barmekin Hill
Villages in Aberdeenshire
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