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 2007-04-28.
- Aberdeen Today: Potarch Hotel Archived 2007-01-28 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.thedinniestones.com/. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- Secret Scotland with Susan Calman, Channel 5, 16 October 2020.
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