Arduthie, an estate in the SE of Fetteresso parish, Kincardineshire. It was purchased about the year 1759 for £1500, and long prior to the year 1842 it yielded an annual rental of £1000. The New Town of Stonehaven was built upon it, and was long called the Links of Arduthie.

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