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Foggieloan, or to give it its official title, Aberchirder, is situated in North-East Scotland and is well served by roads leading from the Moray Firth coastal route and the surrounding area of Aberdeenshire.  It lies at the centre of the Parish of Marnoch, on the A97 road between Huntly and Banff and is most easily reached by car, although it is also served by buses and the railway station at Huntly.  The city of Aberdeen is about an hour's drive away and Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, can also be reached in little over an hour.  Click here to see a location map.

Why Foggieloan?

Aberchirder was originally known as Foggieloan and was named such after a nearby ferm toun.  To find out more about this and its origin, visit the brief history section of our Virtual Museum. So where did the name come from?  There are various theories; the most likely is that there is a stretch of  moorland north of where the ferm toun existed (and, now, north of the village) which was named Foggieloan Moss from two Gaelic words foidh (peat moss) and lon (meadow), so Foggieloan means peaty or boggy meadow.