Craiglethy

Not to be confused with Craigleith.

Skerry of Craiglethy

Craiglethy (Scottish Gaelic: Creag Liathach - meaning grey rock) is a small island/skerry off Fowlsheugh on the east coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland in the North Sea. As it is part of Fowlsheugh, it is an SSSI, with many seabirds and seals living on it. It is also one of the few islands on the east coast of Scotland, along with Mugdrum Island and Inchcape, apart from the Islands of the Forth.

Area history

There are numerous prehistoric and historic features in the general vicinity of Craiglethy. Somewhat to the north are Bronze Age archaeological sites at Fetteresso^[1] and Spurryhillock.^[2] Notable historical features include Dunnottar Castle,^[2] Stonehaven Tolbooth and Muchalls Castle, Fiddes Castle and Spurryhillock.^[2]

↑ C.Michael Hogan, Fetteresso Fieldnotes, The Modern Antiquarian (2008)
1 2 3 Archibald Watt, Highways and Byways Around Kincardineshire, The Stonehaven Heritage Society (1985)

Settlements and places of interest in Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire

Primary settlements	Auchenblae Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven

Other settlements	Arbuthnott Banchory-Devenick Bridge of Muchalls Cammachmore Catterline Cookney Downies Drumlithie Findon Fordoun Glenbervie Kinneff Kirkton of Durris Maryculter Marykirk Muchalls Netherley Portlethen Village Tewel

Places of interest	Causey Mounth Crawton Drum Castle Dunnottar Castle Fetteresso Castle Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve (Craiglethy) Monboddo House Muchalls Castle Normandykes Portlethen Moss Raedykes Stonehaven Open Air Pool Stonehaven Tolbooth

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