Quartalehouse, Stuartfield/Crichie, Aberdeenshire

Today we did quite a bit of travelling up and down the Shire visiting artists and crafters who have opened up their studios and galleries between 11th and 19th September this year as part of the annual NEOS initiative.

Coming home this evening from our final visit - to a wonderful photographer near Fraserburgh - we passed through the fascinating 18th century planned village of Stuartfield.

I was not wholly surprised to discover (as the above Website informs me) that "Quartalehouse has no connection with quarts of ale or with ale houses. Quart derives from --Cort-- or --Gor--t, and the Gaelic --Gort-lie-mor-- translates as "field of the great stone", but "field between two steams" has also been suggested."