Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Finnyfold or Whinnyfold

Finnyfold or Whinnyfold, a fishing hamlet in the S of Cruden parish, Aberdeenshire, 2½ miles SSE of the church. The rocks in its vicinity exhibit transition from gneiss to granite, and form a good study for geologists.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a fishing hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cruden Parish       Aberdeenshire County
Place names: FINNYFOLD     |     FINNYFOLD OR WHINNYFOLD     |     WHINNYFOLD

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