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Quick facts for kids Pitcaple Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill
Pitcaple
Pitcaple
OS grid reference	NJ722251
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Aberdeenshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	INVERURIE
Postcode district	AB51

Police	Grampian
Fire	Grampian
Ambulance	Scottish

EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Gordon and Buchan
Scottish Parliament	Aberdeenshire West
List of places UK Scotland 57°19′12″N 2°27′48″W / 57.32000°N 2.46333°W / 57.32000; -2.46333

Pitcaple (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chapaill) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland on the River Urie 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Inverurie.

Nearby Pitcaple Castle is a 17th-century country house which was restored by William Burn in 1830. It was built close to the remains of a 15th-century tower house.

There is a disused railway station.

William Alexander

The journalist and author William Alexander (1826 - 1894) was brought up on Damhead Farm near Pitcaple.

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