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Cortes, Aberdeenshire

Field	Value
official_name	Cortes
gaelic_name	Cuairt Dheas
country	Scotland
map_type	Scotland
label_position	bottom
static_image	Cortiebrae - geograph.org.uk - 267435.jpg
static_image_width	240px
static_image_caption	Cortiebrae Cottages, Cortes
os_grid_reference	NK006592
coordinates
post_town	FRASERBURGH
postcode_area	AB
postcode_district	AB43
dial_code	01346 (Lonmay)
constituency_westminster	Aberdeenshire North and Moray East
unitary_scotland	Aberdeenshire
lieutenancy_scotland	Aberdeenshire
constituency_scottish_parliament	Banffshire and Buchan Coast

Cortes is a rural settlement in the Banff and Buchan area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated in the parish of Rathen, 7.8 km south of Fraserburgh.

The area stretches from the grounds of Cortes House in the west to Cortes Village in the east on the border with the adjacent parish of Lonmay.

Schools

Primary education is provided at Rathen School, whilst secondary pupils travel to Fraserburgh Academy.

Transport

Cortes lies at the northern end of the A952 road at its junction with the A90 road.

Regular bus services connect the area to Fraserburgh, Peterhead and Aberdeen, and an on-demand Dial-a-bus service is also available.

The nearby Lonmay railway station closed in 1979, and now offers an access point to the Formartine and Buchan Way, the long-distance path that follows the route of the former railway.

Landmarks

To the south lies Mormond Hill, on the slopes of which a hill figure known as the White Stag of Mormond, marked with quartz stones, was first laid out by Mr F. W. Cordiner of Cortes to mark his wedding in 1870.

History

The name Cortes is said to derive from a Gaelic word meaning circle, in reference to a structure that was described as a Druid temple in the New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845), but is now believed to be the remains of a recumbent stone circle.

Another stone circle, of which only three stones remain, is situated on farmland at Cortie Brae.

Cortes House is a granite-built Regency mansion, built in 1810.

References

"Cortes: Description". Scotland's Places.
"Rathen Primary School". Rathen School.
"Public transport information". Aberdeenshire Council.
(November 2019). "White Horse and Stag on Mormond Hill". Peterhead and Buchan Tourism Initiative.
"The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845), Volume XII, Aberdeen: Parish of Rathen". Electric Scotland.
"Cortes: Archaeological Notes". Scotland's Places.
"Cortie Brae". Scotland's Places.
(July 2020). "Cortes House". Cottages and Castles.

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