Pitcaple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Urie 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Inverurie.

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Pitcaple is located in Aberdeenshire
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Location within Aberdeenshire
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Post townINVERURIE
Postcode districtAB51
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57°19′12″N 2°27′48″W / 57.32000°N 2.46333°W / 57.32000; -2.46333

Nearby Pitcaple Castle is a 17th-century country house which was restored by William Burn in 1830.[1] It was built close to the remains of a 15th-century tower house.

There is a disused railway station.

William Alexander

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The journalist and author William Alexander (1826 - 1894) was brought up on Damhead Farm near Pitcaple.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Pitcaple". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  2. ^ Donaldson, William, Introduction to Alexander, William, The Laird of Drammochdyle and his Contemporaries, Aberdeen University Press, 1986, pp. xi - vvii, ISBN 0-08-034520-4