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{{Short description|Location in Scotland}}
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[[File:Coastline from Doonies Point north to Grim Brigs - geograph.org.uk - 533882.jpg|thumb|230px|View from Doonie Point looking north along the North Sea coast.]]
'''Doonie Point''' is a rocky [[headland]] situated approximately 1.5 kilometres south of the [[village]] of [[Muchalls]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland.<ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst5269.html Gazetteer for Scotland: Doonie Point]</ref><ref>[http://land.worldcitydb.com/doonie_point_3569083.html Doonie Point geodata]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The clifftop of Doonie Point yields views to the north of [[Grim Brigs]], [[Brown Jewel]] and the coast of [[Newtonhill]]. To the south are views of the [[Castle Rock of Muchalls]] and the rugged [[North Sea]] coastline toward [[Stonehaven]]. Notable historic structures in the vicinity of Doonie Point are the [[Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan]], [[Muchalls Castle]] and the [[Mill of Muchalls]]. This site is a recognised [[rock climbing]] venue.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130205060325/http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/craginfo.html?id=2507 Rock climbing characteristics of Doonie Point]</ref><ref>[http://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/pdf/Ireland.pd UK Rock Climbing:Doonie Point, Aberdeenshire]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Doonie Point is catalogued within the [[Her Majesty's Coastguard|marine rescue]] activities for this part of the coast of northeast Scotland.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080724184130/http://www.maritime-rescue-institute.org/search_and_rescue/operational_area/operational_coastline/Nc.htm Marine rescue photographic survey of northeast Scotland coastline]}}</ref>

==History==
Doonie Point is slightly east of the ancient [[Causey Mounth]] trackway, which road was constructed on high ground to make passable this only [[medieval]] route from coastal points south from [[Stonehaven]] to [[Aberdeen]]. This ancient trackway specifically connects the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]] crossing (where the present [[Bridge of Dee]] is situated) via [[Portlethen Moss]], [[Muchalls Castle]] and Stonehaven to the south.<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17932 C.Michael Hogan. ''Causey Mounth'', Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, 3 Nov. 2007]</ref> The route was that taken by [[William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal]] and the [[Marquess of Montrose]] when they led a [[Covenanter]] [[army]] of 9000 men in the battle of the [[English Civil War|Civil War]] in 1639.<ref>Watt, Archibald, ''Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire'', Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)</ref>
[[File:Looking towards Doonie point - geograph.org.uk - 375764.jpg|thumb|View of Doonie Point from the north]]

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[[Category:Landforms of Aberdeenshire]]
[[Category:Climbing areas of Scotland]]
[[Category:Headlands of Scotland]]

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