📌 Old Deer, Aberdeenshire
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Founded in 1219, the ruins of Deer Abbey are today found next to the A950 as it passes between two low hills just west of (dear old) Old Deer. Not much remains above ground floor level, but the layout of the buildings is still fairly easy to make out. The abbey library is believed to have once held the Book of Deer, from an even earlier monastery nearby. Parts of this (dating from about 1100) are the earliest examples of written Gaelic still to survive from Scotland. Aikey Brae Stone Circle is barely a mile away – also worth visiting.
🌍 Location
📌 By the A950 1 mi west of Old Deer
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NJ 969481
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.523211,-2.054037
🚌 Nearest bus stop is on A950 at Aden Country Park northeast entrance (1 mi)
🚗 Layby at entrance
📝 Key info
⌚ Daily
🎫 Free
