Echt, Aberdeenshire
Echt (Gaelic: Eicht) is an Aberdeenshire crossroads village in northeast Scotland with a population of approximately 300 people. Echt has a number of prehistoric remains, including the so-called Barmekin of Echt which is on a hill to the northwest. There is also the Cullerlie stone circle near Sunhoney Farm, which may date from the Bronze Age.
Echt contains a church, village shop/post office, restaurant (Echt Tandoori) and park which is used for local football matches and the annual Echt Show, a farmers' show. There is also a retail art gallery, Redwood Gallery, and an adjoining tearoom, Redwood Gallery Tearoom, believed to be the smallest cafe in the world.
It is centred on the junction of the B977 Dunecht—Banchory road and the B9119 Kingsford—Ordie road. It is some Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). from the city of Aberdeen.
References
- AA Touring Guide to Scotland (1978)
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- Echt in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- Map sources for Echt, Aberdeenshire
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