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{{Short description|Committee area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland}}{{Other uses}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}(File:ScotlandAberdeenshireBuchan.png|thumb|right|Map of Scotland showing the present-day committee area of Buchan)Buchan {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ʌ|x|ən}} is a coastal district in the north-east of Scotland, bounded by the Ythan and Deveron rivers.WEB, Buchan, The Gazetteer for Scotland,www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst7438.html, 4 December 2023, It was one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba.{{sfn|MacQueen|2008|p=287}} It is now one of the six committee areas of Aberdeenshire.WEB,committees.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/FunctionsPage.aspx?dsid=36644&action=GetFileFromDB, Aberdeenshire Council, Minutes of Buchan Area Committee, 23 April 1996, 6 June 2015,committees.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/FunctionsPage.aspx?dsid=36644&action=GetFileFromDB," title="web.archive.org/web/20150606230704committees.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/FunctionsPage.aspx?dsid=36644&action=GetFileFromDB,">web.archive.org/web/20150606230704committees.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/FunctionsPage.aspx?dsid=36644&action=GetFileFromDB, 6 June 2015, dead,

Etymology

The genesis of the name Buchan is shrouded in uncertainty,BOOK, Jackson, Kenneth, The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer, 2 March 1972, Cambridge University Press, 9780521082648, 39,books.google.com/books?id=K_I8AAAAIAAJ&dq, 29 April 2020, but may be of Pictish origin. The name may involve an equivalent of Welsh buwch meaning “a cow”.BOOK, Watson, W.J., Taylor, Simon, The Celtic Place-Names of Scotland, 2011, Birlinn LTD, 9781906566357, reprint, American academic Thomas Clancy has noted cautiously the similarity between the territory names Buchan and Marr to those of the Welsh commotes Cantref Bychan and Cantref Mawr, meaning “small” and “large commote” respectively.WEB, Rhys, Guto, Approaching the Pictish language: historiography, early evidence and the question of Pritenic,theses.gla.ac.uk/6285/7/2015RhysPhD.pdf, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow,

History

(File:Buchan Ness and its lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 5802128.jpg|thumb|Buchan Ness, near Peterhead)The first documentary record of Buchan is a reference in the Chronicle of the Kings of Alba to the death of King Indulf at the hands of Vikings in Buchan in 962, a death separately recorded in a 12th-century king-list as taking place at Cullen.{{sfn|Woolf|2007|p=193}} Cullen is to the west of the River Deveron, in an area where the Earls of Buchan held land as late as the 13th century, suggesting that Buchan’s boundaries at this time extended as far west as the River Spey.{{sfn|Woolf|2007|p=194}}In Pictish times, Buchan was located within the kingdom of Ce. There is considerable ancient history in this geographic area, especially slightly northwest of Cruden Bay, where the Catto Long Barrow and numerous tumuli are found.C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Catto Long Barrow fieldnotes, The Modern AntiquarianAt one time, the district of Buchan comprised all the land between the Don and Deveron, but now the land between the Don and the Ythan is known as Formartine, so Buchan has taken on a restricted sense.BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=mGlBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA94, Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, Volume 4, 1843, Joseph Robertson,

Features

File:View to Mormond Hill White Horse figure - geograph.org.uk - 235788.jpg|thumb|Mormond HillMormond HillThe Buchan area has a population of 39,160 (2001 census) and an area of 547 km2. It contains the town of Peterhead and is adjacent to the committee and administrative areas of Banff and Buchan and Formartine.Peterhead is the largest town in Buchan and Aberdeenshire; the principal whitefish-landing port in Europe; and a major oil industry service centre. Equally important is the nearby gas terminal at St Fergus. Remote Radar Head Buchan, a RAF air defence radar unit, is located near Peterhead.Attempts are being made to counter the negative effects of several recent key company closures and economic threats. Inland, the area is dependent upon agriculture, and many villages have seen a decline in population and services. Issues affecting Banff and Buchan also apply here, as does the future of the oil and gas industry. Part of Buchan benefits from EU aid coverage. Opportunities exist through the Buchan Local Action Plan to safeguard and enhance the economic future of Peterhead and Buchan.The Formartine and Buchan Way runs through Buchan.

References

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Bibliography

  • BOOK, MacQueen, Hector L., Scotland: Politics, Government and Law, Rigby, S. H., A Companion to Britain in the Later Middle Ages, 2008, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, 0470998776, 283–308,
  • BOOK, Woolf, Alex, 2007, From Pictland to Alba 789–1070, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 9780748612345,

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