[2] Nigg is situated somewhat to the east of the ancient Causey Mounth trackway, which route was constructed on high ground to make passable this medieval passage from coastal points south of Stonehaven to Aberdeen.

[3] The route was that taken by William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and the Marquess of Montrose when they led a Covenanter army of 9,000 men in the battle of the Civil War in 1638.

It included Altens, Cove Bay, Kincorth and Torry as well as the village of Nigg itself.

[6] Kincorth and Nigg village were likewise absorbed into the county of the city of Aberdeen in 1935,[7] as was Altens in 1970.

[8] The remainder of the parish of Nigg, covering Cove Bay and residual rural areas, was finally absorbed into the City of Aberdeen district in 1975 as part of the same reforms which abolished Kincardineshire County Council.