Potarch
Potarch (/pɒtˈɑːrx/ pot-ARKH) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with a bridge across the River Dee.[1]
It is a popular location with tourists and day-trippers, and has a hotel.[2]
The Dinnie Stones are kept at the Potarch Hotel. The Dinnie Stones are a pair of Scottish lifting stones. 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
- ^ "Potarch". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
- ^ Aberdeen Today: Potarch Hotel Archived 2007-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ www.thedinniestones.com http://www.thedinniestones.com/. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)Template:SemiBareRefNeedsTitle - ^ Secret Scotland with Susan Calman, Channel 5, 16 October 2020.
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| in Marr | ||
57°3′50″N 2°38′57″W / 57.06389°N 2.64917°W
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