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The Burn of Pheppie is an easterly flowing coast
Coast

The coast is defined as that part of the land adjoining or near the ocean or its saltwater arms. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the process of tides....
al stream
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
 in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 that discharges to the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 immediately north of the village of Muchalls
Muchalls

Muchalls is a small coastal ex-fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south of Newtonhill and north of Stonehaven. Muchalls is situated slightly north of a smaller hamlet known as the Bridge of Muchalls....
. Draining chiefly agricultural lands, this stream has a notable lack of turbidity
Turbidity

Turbidity is the cloudiness or haze of a fluid caused by individual Particle that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air....
 and a pH
PH

pH is a measure of the Acid or Base of a solution. It is defined as the cologarithm of the Activity of dissolved hydrogen ions . Hydrogen ion activity coefficients cannot be measured experimentally, so they are based on theoretical calculations....
 level of approximately 8.02. Armouring
Armor (hydrology)

Armor, in hydrology and geography is the association of surface pebbles, rocks or boulders with stream beds or beaches. Most commonly hydrology armor occurs naturally; however, a man-made form is usually called riprap, when shorelines or stream banks are fortified for erosion protection with large boulders or sizable manufactured concrete ob...
 of the stream bottom consists of pebbles, many of which are quartzite
Quartzite

Quartzite is a hard metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonics compression within orogeny....
 in composition, leading to a golden-green effect in some locations. Other nearby watercourses discharging to the North Sea include Burn of Elsick
Burn of Elsick

The Burn of Elsick is a coastal burn in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that discharges to the North Sea. This watercourse drains primarily agricultural lands and enters the North sea at Newtonhill....
 to the north and Burn of Muchalls
Burn of Muchalls

The Burn of Muchalls is an easterly flowing stream in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that discharges to the North Sea. Its point of discharge is on a rocky beach set with scenic sea stacks....
 to the south.

Burn of Pheppie is crossed by the ancient Causey Mounth
Causey Mounth

The Causey Mounth is an ancient drovers' road over the coastal fringe of the Grampian Mountains in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This route was developed as the main highway between Stonehaven and Aberdeen around the 12th century AD and it continued to function as the principal route connecting these two cities until the mid 20th century, when mo...
 road, which was built on high ground to make passable this only available medieval route from coastal points south to Aberdeen
Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
.






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The Burn of Pheppie is an easterly flowing coast
Coast

The coast is defined as that part of the land adjoining or near the ocean or its saltwater arms. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the process of tides....
al stream
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
 in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 that discharges to the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 immediately north of the village of Muchalls
Muchalls

Muchalls is a small coastal ex-fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south of Newtonhill and north of Stonehaven. Muchalls is situated slightly north of a smaller hamlet known as the Bridge of Muchalls....
. Draining chiefly agricultural lands, this stream has a notable lack of turbidity
Turbidity

Turbidity is the cloudiness or haze of a fluid caused by individual Particle that are generally invisible to the naked eye, similar to smoke in air....
 and a pH
PH

pH is a measure of the Acid or Base of a solution. It is defined as the cologarithm of the Activity of dissolved hydrogen ions . Hydrogen ion activity coefficients cannot be measured experimentally, so they are based on theoretical calculations....
 level of approximately 8.02. Armouring
Armor (hydrology)

Armor, in hydrology and geography is the association of surface pebbles, rocks or boulders with stream beds or beaches. Most commonly hydrology armor occurs naturally; however, a man-made form is usually called riprap, when shorelines or stream banks are fortified for erosion protection with large boulders or sizable manufactured concrete ob...
 of the stream bottom consists of pebbles, many of which are quartzite
Quartzite

Quartzite is a hard metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. Sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonics compression within orogeny....
 in composition, leading to a golden-green effect in some locations. Other nearby watercourses discharging to the North Sea include Burn of Elsick
Burn of Elsick

The Burn of Elsick is a coastal burn in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that discharges to the North Sea. This watercourse drains primarily agricultural lands and enters the North sea at Newtonhill....
 to the north and Burn of Muchalls
Burn of Muchalls

The Burn of Muchalls is an easterly flowing stream in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that discharges to the North Sea. Its point of discharge is on a rocky beach set with scenic sea stacks....
 to the south.

History

The Burn of Pheppie is crossed by the ancient Causey Mounth
Causey Mounth

The Causey Mounth is an ancient drovers' road over the coastal fringe of the Grampian Mountains in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This route was developed as the main highway between Stonehaven and Aberdeen around the 12th century AD and it continued to function as the principal route connecting these two cities until the mid 20th century, when mo...
 road, which was built on high ground to make passable this only available medieval route from coastal points south to Aberdeen
Aberdeen

Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous City status in the United Kingdom and one of Scotland's 32 Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland....
. This medieval land passage specifically connected the crossing of the River Dee
River Dee, Aberdeenshire

The River Dee is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It source in the Cairngorms and flows through Strathdee to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen....
 (where the present Bridge of Dee
Bridge of Dee

The Bridge of Dee or Brig o' Dee is a road bridge over the River Dee, Aberdeenshire in Aberdeen, Scotland. The term is also used for the surrounding area of the city....
 is located) via Portlethen Moss
Portlethen Moss

The Portlethen Moss is an acidic bog nature reserve in the coastal Grampian region in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Like other Bog, this wetland area supports a variety of plant and animal species, even though it has been subject to certain development and agricultural degradation pressures....
, Muchalls Castle
Muchalls Castle

Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well preserved double groined 13th century towerhouse structure, built by the Frasers of Muchalls....
 and Stonehaven
Stonehaven

Stonehaven is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies on Scotland's northeast coast and had a population of 9,577 in 2001 census.Stonehave, county town of Kincardineshire, grew around an Iron Age fishing village, now the "Auld Toon" , and expanded inland from the Seaside....
 to the south. The route was that taken by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal
William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal

William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal was a Scottish nobleman and Covenanter. He was the eldest son of William Keith, 6th Earl Marischal. He joined James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose and twice seized Aberdeen in 1639, including a march with Montrose and 9000 men along the Causey Mounth past Muchalls Castle and through the Portlethen Moss to...
 and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter
Covenanter

The Covenanters formed an important movement in the Religion in Scotland and Politics of Scotland of Scotland in the 17th century. In religion the movement is most associated with the promotion and development of Presbyterianism as a form of church government favoured by the people, as opposed to Scottish Episcopal Church, favoured by Mon...
 army of 9000 men in the first battle of the Civil War in 1639.

See also

  • Causey Mounth
    Causey Mounth

    The Causey Mounth is an ancient drovers' road over the coastal fringe of the Grampian Mountains in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This route was developed as the main highway between Stonehaven and Aberdeen around the 12th century AD and it continued to function as the principal route connecting these two cities until the mid 20th century, when mo...
  • Newtonhill
    Newtonhill

    Newtonhill is a medium population village of 3,110 in Aberdeenshire, located between Southern Portlethen, Northern Muchalls and the larger Stonehaven ....
  • Portlethen Moss
    Portlethen Moss

    The Portlethen Moss is an acidic bog nature reserve in the coastal Grampian region in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Like other Bog, this wetland area supports a variety of plant and animal species, even though it has been subject to certain development and agricultural degradation pressures....