River Urie

The Maiden Stone, also known as the Drumdurno Stone after the nearby farm, is a Pictish standing stone near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire in Scotland, probably dating to the 9th century AD.

Harthill Castle is a large 17th-century Z-plan castle, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-west of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south of Kirkton of Oyne.It may also be known as Torries Castle.

The Colony was a squatters' community on "commonty", or common land, on one side of Bennachie, a range of hills near Aberdeen, in Scotland.From the beginning of the nineteenth century common land in the parishes of Chapel of Garioch and Oyne on the east side of Bennachie became home to a community of squatters. This settlement was known locally as the Colony. Various estimates have been made of when the colony began with some citing 1825 but according to Fagen the first documentary evidence is from 1831. A small number of families led a crofting life supplementing it by doing skilled work, such as dyking, quarrying and knitting.Two stones were landmarks within the colony: the Boddach Stone and the Gouk Stone. Only the latter remains. The size of the colony varied over time. The following table summarises census data extracted from Fagen's text. In 1859, eight neighbouring landlords took possession of sections of Bennachie as part of their estates. This action, recognised in law from 5 March 1859, has become known as the Division of the Commonty. As a result, the population on the side of the hill began to decline. Most of the crofts were built on land claimed by Col. Charles Leslie of Balquhain and Fetternear. His son, Charles Stephen Leslie, was responsible for evicting some of the residents in 1878. The last of the colonists, George Esson, lived on the hill until his death in May 1939. Esson was a drystone dyker. While working on the Dunecht Estate, repairing old dykes and creating new ones, he would lodge with a Mrs Cooper at Dunecht, then walk the twenty miles back to the colony at weekends.Visitors to Bennachie can explore the Colony, including the remains of a croft which was excavated as part of the Fetternear Research Project in 1999.

Chapel of Garioch is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located 4 miles (6 km) west of Inverurie. The Balquhain stone circle is nearby. The church, St Mary's Chapel, shares a parish with Blairdaff. It was formerly under the patronage of the local Elphinstone lairds.Chapel of Garioch is in the West Garioch ward of Aberdeenshire Council.

Pitcaple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Urie 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Inverurie. Nearby Pitcaple Castle is a 17th-century country house which was restored by William Burn in 1830. It was built close to the remains of a 15th-century tower house. There is a disused railway station.

Pitcaple railway station is a former railway station in Aberdeenshire. It opened on 20 September 1854, and closed down on 6 May 1968. It was part of the Great North of Scotland Railway.

Oyne railway station is a former railway station serving the small village of Oyne, Aberdeenshire.

Westhall Castle, also known as Westhall House, is a country house located to the north of Oyne, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The house includes a 16th-century L-plan tower house, which was substantially extended in the 17th and 19th century. The house is a category A listed building.

Oyne is a small village in rural Aberdeenshire at the bottom of Bennachie in Scotland.

Old Rayne is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 9 miles (14 kilometres) north west of Inverurie and 14 mi (23 km) south east of Huntly along the A96 road.

Wartle railway station was a railway station that served local farms and the nearby hamlet of Meikle Wartle, Aberdeenshire. It was opened in 1857 by the Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction Railway, later part of the Great North of Scotland Railway, then the LNER and finally British Railways, on the 29+3⁄4-mile (47.9 km) long branchline from Inveramsay to Macduff. The station closed to regular passenger services in 1951 and to goods traffic in 1964.

Bonnyton is a rural area of Old Rayne in the Garioch area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Bonnyton is a small secluded hamlet comprising seven houses, at the end of a no through road. Elevation approx. 500 feet. South facing views towards the Bennachie range. It is situated a mile and half from the Main A96 Aberdeen/Inverness trunk road. The local village with shops is at Insch It is surrounded by the farms of Loanhead, Lathries, Oxenloan and St Cloud. A caravan site is situated in the area.