Tarland
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Tarland (Gaelic: Turlann) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland Template:Convert northwest of Aboyne, and Template:Convert west of Aberdeen. The population was 720 in 2016.
Tarland is home to the Culsh Earth House, an Iron Age below-ground dwelling otherwise known as a Souterrain.
Just south of Tarland is the Tomnaverie stone circle, a 4,000-year-old recumbent stone circle. The land is owned by the MacRobert Trust and in the care of Historic Scotland. The circle was recently restored with help from a donation by the trust.
Melgum Lodge near Tarland was originally built as a hunting lodge for the physician to Queen Victoria who frequently stayed in the vicinity at Balmoral Castle.
Notable people
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor retired to Tarland[1]
- Alexander Starritt, author of critically acclaimed novel, "The Beast"
- Prof Alexander Boyd Stewart CBE FRSE (1904-1981) agriculturalist
- Philippa Tattersall, The first woman to pass the All Arms Commando Course.
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