Potarch

Potarch

Potarch

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Potarch (/pɒtˈɑːrx/ pot-ARKH) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a bridge across the River Dee.[1]

The green and the hotel at Potarch

It is a popular location with tourists and day-trippers, and has a hotel.[2]

The historic pair of Scottish lifting stones, Dinnie Stones are kept at the Potarch Hotel. They were made famous by strongman Donald Dinnie, who reportedly carried the stones barehanded across the width of the Potarch Bridge, a distance of 17 feet 1+1⁄2 inches (5.22 metres), in 1860.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Potarch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
  2. [2]
    Aberdeen Today: Potarch Hotel Archived 2007-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "The Dinnie Stones". www.thedinniestones.com. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. [4]
    Secret Scotland with Susan Calman, Channel 5, 16 October 2020.
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