Pitcaple

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Pitcaple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the banks of the River Urie, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Inverurie.[1]

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Pitcaple is located in Aberdeenshire
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Post townINVERURIE
Postcode districtAB51
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57°19′12″N 2°27′48″W
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Nearby Pitcaple Castle dates from around 1457 and was restored by William Burn in 1835.[2]

There is a disused railway station.

William Alexander

The journalist and author William Alexander (1826–1894) was brought up on Damhead Farm near Pitcaple.[3]

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