Tewel

Tewel
Tewel
Location within Aberdeenshire
OS grid referenceNO828854
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTONEHAVEN
Postcode districtAB39
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Tewel is a hamlet located approximately two miles west of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire on the Auchenblae Road in Northeast Scotland.

It consists of:

  • Tewel Farm
  • Tewel School and Schoolhouse
  • Four semi detached houses
  • One cottage (derelict)

Nearby places of note

Significant historic listed buildings in the vicinity include: Fetteresso Castle, which is also the site of Bronze Age discoveries<[1] and Muchalls Castle,[2] originally a 14th-century tower house. Also in the vicinity are the villages of Auchenblae and Drumlithie, both considered part of the original region of Kincardineshire.

References

  1. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Fetteresso Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2008)
  2. ^ Nigel Tranter, The Fortified House in Scotland, Volume IV, pp 167-169, Oliver & Boyd (1962 to 1971)