Tornaveen

Tornaveen

Tornaveen is a district to the north of the small village of Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is on the Tarland to Aberdeen road and has approximately 150 residents.It used to have a small shop but this has closed in recent years. It's most notable historical event apart from being near the place of Macbeth's death was the landing of a German balloon in the late 1800s. The balloon had been blown across the North sea during a storm.

References

*A history of Lumphanan by Lumphanan school
*A history of Deeside by Unknown


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