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Aberdeenshire (Aberdeen, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Huntley, Ellon,
Turriff)
Archaeolink is a multi award winning
living history park and visitor attraction, with a central focus on
education, participation and fun. Travel 10,000 years in one day
from the Mesolithic to a Roman Marching Camp, with indoor and
outdoor exhibitions, featuring hands on activities, workshops and
guided tours everyday.
Situated in the beautiful countryside of
Aberdeenshire in the shadow of the dramatic Bennachie mountain
range, the park occupies a central location in the diverse
archaeological landscape of North East Scotland.
Aberdeen City, Granted a royal charter
by William the Lion in 1179, Aberdeen grew up as two separate burghs
- Old Aberdeen at the mouth of the Don and New Aberdeen, a fishing
and trading settlement where the Denburn entered the Dee estuary. In
1495 William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen (1483-1514), founded
King's College to teach theology, medicine and the liberal arts.
Named in honour of King James IV, its first principal was the
distinguished historian and humanist, Hector Boece.
A century later in 1593 the Protestant George Keith, 5th Earl
Marischal, founded the University of Marischal College which boasts
the world's second largest granite building. The two universities
were eventually united in 1860. |
