New Pitsligo
village in Tyrie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
New Pitsligo (Scots: Pitsligae), also known as Cavoch (locally Cyaak), is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, near Fraserburgh.
Overview
A small village in the North East of Scotland, it lies about 5 miles (8 km) inland from Pennan and around 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Fraserburgh on the A950. It has a sub-post office located in a convenience shop, a chip shop, tandoori restaurant and a Chinese takeaway. There is also a public library and a doctor's surgery. There are several parks in the village, two pubs, a car sales garage and a MOT and repair garage.
Pitsligo Arms Hotel, on High Street, was built in 1790 to provide accommodation for William Forbes upon his visits.
By 1864, the village had just under two thousand inhabitants; as of 2006, it was 907.
New Pitsligo is built on Turlundie Hill leading down to the valley between it and Balnamoon Hill. It looks on to Mormond Hill.
History
The local area to the immediate south is rich with prehistory and historical features.
The public source identifies “New Pitsligo” as village in Tyrie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pitsligo, village and Tyrie.
Why this record matters
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1009707. VIAF identifies the subject as 239246615. The Library of Congress control number is nb2012009580. Authority coordinates are 57.583, -2.183. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1790, 1864 and 2006.
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This entry incorporates text from “New Pitsligo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.