Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fechley or Fichlie

Fechley or Fichlie, a place in Towie parish, W Aberdeenshire, 1½ mile ENE of Towie church. The Peel of Fechley, a mound here, partly natural and partly artificial, measures upwards of 60 feet in height, and from 127 to 200 feet in summit breadth; is surrounded by a fosse, from 12 to 41 feet in width, and from 8 to 35 feet in depth; and is crowned with vitrified remains of a tower.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Towie ScoP       Aberdeenshire ScoCnty
Place names: FECHLEY     |     FECHLEY OR FICHLIE     |     FICHLIE

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