Drumblade

Drumblade is a hamlet in north-western Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which lies 4¾ miles east of the town of Huntly.

Schools

Drumblade Primary School is a primary school with a nursery unit, and a total roll of 53 as of 2013. It is a feeder school for The Gordon Schools, Huntly. It made the national news in 2012 when its pet ducks disappeared, presumed stolen.

History

Drumblade Stone Circle, or Stonyfield, is the remains of an ancient stone circle. It is about east of Huntly.
Drumblade is the site of the Battle of Slioch in December 1307, involving Robert the Bruce.

Notable residents

William Garden Blaikie minister, later Free Church moderator
George Ramsay Davidson minister of Drumblade from 1828 to 1842