Catterline

Catterline Harbour, the village was a fishing centre in the 19th century

Catterline is a coastal village on the North Sea in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.[1] It is situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Stonehaven; nearby to the north are Dunnottar Castle and Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve. Other noted architectural or historic features in the general area include Fetteresso Castle, Fiddes Castle, Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan and Muchalls Castle.[2]

Todhead Lighthouse is situated just to the south of Catterline.

View of Catterline Bay
Catterline Pier

Vicinity prehistory

Prehistoric features in the local area include Bronze Age archaeological recoveries at Fetteresso,[3] Dunnottar and Spurryhillock.[2]

Notable inhabitants

The artist Joan Eardley lived in the village in the 1950s up until her death in 1963. Many of her wild seascapes were painted here. The painter James Morrison also lived and worked in Catterline in the late 1950s, before moving to Montrose.[4][5]

Scottish-Canadian communist politician Tom McEwen was a resident of Catterline between 1900 and 1904.

Local media

Alongside the commercial enterprise of the local newspaper, the Mearns Leader, Catterline also receives broadcasts from local community radio station Mearns FM.

Education

Catterline has a primary school.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
  2. ^ a b Archibald Watt, Highways and Byways Around Kincardineshire, The Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)
  3. ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Fetteresso Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian
  4. ^ Anthony Baxter (2021). James Morrison - Eye of the Storm (Documentary). Montrose Pictures. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Catterline continues celebration of connection to famous Scots artists". thecourier.co.uk. 8 June 2018.
  6. ^ Beattie, Kieran (31 July 2021). "Beach Clean Champions: Catterline schoolkids win the Really Rubbish Award in our reader's poll". Evening Express. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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