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There is a football pitch, situated next to Low Street, which has changing rooms on site. Also below there is a second field, which in years past has been used as a playing field for youngsters and was provided with goals including nets. However these no longer exist. There is a third, small football
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these lands were forfeited because of the last Lord's support for the losing side. Part of the estate eventually passed to William Forbes of Monymusk who founded the village of New Pitsligo on the site of the existing hamlet of Cyaak. The boundaries of the original hamlet run roughly from the woods,
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Although it is one of the bigger villages within the area, recreational facilities are limited. There is the village hall, which can be rented out to use for clubs and holds the long-standing Visual Arts Exhibition.
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Pitsligo Arms Hotel, on High Street, was built in 1790 to provide accommodation for William Forbes upon his visits.
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The local area to the immediate south is rich with prehistory and historical features. There are found a number of
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New Pitsligo is built on Turlundie Hill leading down to the valley between it and Balnamoon Hill. It looks on to
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Also, many people worked on the peat moss which lies in the area between the east of the village and
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There is a local Freemason's Lodge which is situated in School Street. Established in 1872.
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A small village in the North East of Scotland, it lies about 5 miles (8 km) inland from
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By 1864, the village had just under two thousand inhabitants; as of 2006, it was 907.
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end of the village. However now the village as a whole is referred under this name.
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pitch in one of the fields behind the school, which has recently been upgraded.
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Historically, many people from the village were employed in quarrying for
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was an area originally owned by the Lords Pitsligo, however after the
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where the small stream runs through the village, north towards the
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Province of Aberdeenshire East Grand Lodge of Scotland
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New Pitsligo is located in Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire
OS grid reference
NJ883557
Council area
Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
AB43
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
UK Parliament
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
Scottish Parliament
Aberdeenshire East
UK
Scotland
57°35′33″N 2°11′50″W / 57.59250°N 2.19722°W / 57.59250; -2.19722
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