Memsie
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Memsie, Aberdeenshire
, is a small community near Fraserburgh
. In Memsie there is a very large stone cairn, which has been opened, but nothing found inside. Apart from the cairn, Memsie is near Mormond Hill
, which was a very large listening post in the Cold War
. These days the former listening post is used for Satellite communications
. The nearest Kirk to Memsie is in Rathen
.
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
, is a small community near Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh
Fraserburgh is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the 2001 Census at 12,454 and estimated at 12,630 in 2006. It lies at the extreme northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, around north of Aberdeen, and north of Peterhead...
. In Memsie there is a very large stone cairn, which has been opened, but nothing found inside. Apart from the cairn, Memsie is near Mormond Hill
Mormond Hill
Mormond Hill is a large hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland not far from Fraserburgh. The villages of Strichen and New Leeds can be found at its foot hills....
, which was a very large listening post in the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. These days the former listening post is used for Satellite communications
Communications satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications...
. The nearest Kirk to Memsie is in Rathen
Rathen
Rathen is a village in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, in Saxony, Germany, about 35 km southeast of Dresden on the Elbe River. Rathen has between 400 and 500 inhabitants....
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