Netherley, Aberdeenshire
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Scotland
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is a village
Village
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in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire
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, situated approximately five miles northwest of 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.Stonehaven, county town of Kincardineshire, grew around an Iron Age fishing village, now the "Auld Toon" , and expanded inland from the seaside...
. Netherley is located in the Mounth
Mounth
The Mounth is the range of hills on the southern edge of Strathdee in northeast Scotland. It was usually referred to with the article, i.e. "the Mounth". The name is a corruption of the Scottish Gaelic monadh which in turn is akin to the Welsh mynydd, and may be of Pictish origin...
area of the Grampian
Grampian
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Highlands
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. At the western edge of Netherley is a significant wetland
Wetland
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bog
Bog
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known as Red Moss. To the southwest of Netherley lie Meikle Carewe Hill
Meikle Carewe Hill
Meikle Carewe Hill is a landform in Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. The peak elevation of this mountain is 266 metres above mean sea level...
and Curlethney Hill
Curlethney Hill
Curlethney Hill is a landform in Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. The peak elevation of this mountain is 246 metres above mean sea level. This landform lies slightly southwest of the village of Netherley...
. At the south edge of Netherley is the peak of Craggie Cat
Craggie Cat
Craggie Cat is a hill landform in the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains at the southern edge of Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The peak elevation of Craggie Cat is 198 metres according to the Ordnance Survey...
.
Natural features
The Red Moss is a national Site of Special Scientific InterestSite of Special Scientific Interest
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within the United Kingdom, due to its diverse species content
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and its undisturbed habitat
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; the outlet of Red Moss is Crynoch Burn
Crynoch Burn
Crynoch Burn is a stream in Aberdeenshire that is tributary to the River Dee. This stream rises somewhat above Netherley and flows near Netherley House; and thence into the Red Moss, a significant natural bog habitat; thence near the historic Lairhillock Inn; and finally by the village of...
. To the west of Netherley lies another watercourse
Watercourse
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, Cairnie Burn
Cairnie Burn
Cairnie Burn is a stream that rises in the Mounth, or eastern range of the Grampian Mountains, north of Netherley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Cairnie Burn is a generally northeast flowing watercourse that is a tributary to the Crynoch Burn...
, which is a tributary
Tributary
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of the Crynoch Burn
Crynoch Burn
Crynoch Burn is a stream in Aberdeenshire that is tributary to the River Dee. This stream rises somewhat above Netherley and flows near Netherley House; and thence into the Red Moss, a significant natural bog habitat; thence near the historic Lairhillock Inn; and finally by the village of...
. It is also a third of a mile from Nathan Fettig's house.