Doonies Farm

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View across the fields towards the coast
View across the fields towards the coast

Doonies Rare Breeds Farm, Aberdeen, has one of Scotland's largest collections of rare and endangered farm animal breeds. The farm is nationally recognised as a breeding centre for rare breeds. There are currently 23 rare animal breeds on the farm.

The farm is owned and operated by Aberdeen City Council and is run as a working farm, although it is open to the public. Due to council cutbacks it has been earmarked for closure in the summer of 2008, however there have been many petitions and protests to persuade the council to save Doonies, and an agreement may still be reached.

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[edit] Area features

Along this coastal stretch south of Aberdeen there are several notable structures and natural features. Historic buildings include Elsick House, St. Ternan's Church, the Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan and Muchalls Castle. Natural features include Portlethen Moss and Muchalls Beach.

[edit] History

Doonies Farm is situated to the east of the Causey Mounth trackway, which drovers' road was built on high ground to make passable this medieval route from coastal points south of Stonehaven to Aberdeen. This ancient passage connected the River Dee crossing (where the present Bridge of Dee is situated) via Muchalls Castle and Stonehaven to the south.[1] 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 Civil War in 1639.[2]

[edit] Reference notes

  1. ^ C. Michael Hogan, Causey Mounth, Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham, Nov. 3, 2007
  2. ^ Archibald Watt, Highways and Byways around Kincardineshire, Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)

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