Rhynie, Aberdeenshire
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Rhynie (/ˈraɪni/) (Scottish Gaelic: Roinnidh) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is on the A97 road, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Alford.
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Rhynie
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The village green and war memorial, Rhynie Kirk behind the green, with Tap o' Noth in the distance | |
Location within Aberdeenshire | |
OS grid reference | NJ498271 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HUNTLY |
Postcode district | AB54 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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57.3324°N 2.8344°W / 57.3324; -2.8344 |
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The Rhynie Chert is named after the village, as is the fossil plant genus Rhynia. The Rhynie Chert is a sediment deposited in the Devonian period, contained important fossils that shows land ecosystem of the Devonian.[1]
The missionary, teacher and chocolatier Alexander Murdoch Mackay was born in Rhynie on 13 October 1849.