Rora, Aberdeenshire
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Rora is a rural settlement in the Buchan
area of Aberdeenshire
, Scotland
, situated 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) north-west of Peterhead
and lying to the north of the River Ugie
.
, is an area of raised peat bog lying to the north-west of the village. The area has been heavily drained and subject to domestic and commercial peat
cutting.
Buchan
Buchan is one of the six committee areas and administrative areas of Aberdeenshire Council, Scotland. These areas were created by the council in 1996, when the Aberdeenshire unitary council area was created under the Local Government etc Act 1994...
area of Aberdeenshire
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...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, situated 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) north-west of Peterhead
Peterhead
Peterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement , with a population of 17,947 at the 2001 Census and estimated to have fallen to 17,330 by 2006....
and lying to the north of the River Ugie
River Ugie
The River Ugie or Ugie Water is a river in Scotland. Located in the north east, it flows into the North Sea on the east coast at Peterhead, north of Cruden Bay. There is considerable evidence of prehistoric within the Ugie drainage basin, especially in the South Ugie Water catchment basin...
.
Rora Moss
Rora Moss, a Site of Special Scientific InterestSite of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
, is an area of raised peat bog lying to the north-west of the village. The area has been heavily drained and subject to domestic and commercial peat
Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter or histosol. Peat forms in wetland bogs, moors, muskegs, pocosins, mires, and peat swamp forests. Peat is harvested as an important source of fuel in certain parts of the world...
cutting.
People from Rora
- Thomas Arbuthnot (Senior)Thomas Arbuthnot (disambiguation)Thomas Arbuthnot may refer to:* General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB * Thomas Arbuthnot , fast sailing ship* Thomas Arbuthnott , New Zealand boxer...
, pioneer of commercial kelp manufacture (1681–1762) - Charles ArbuthnotCharles Arbuthnot (abbot)Charles Arbuthnot was a renowned Scottish abbot of the Scots Monastery, Regensburg, and a leading Bavarian mathematician of his time....
, abbot and mathematician (1737–1820)