Tornaveen

Tornaveen (Scottish Gaelic: Tòrr nam Fiann) is a district to the north of the small village of Lumphanan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Its most notable historical event apart from being near the place of Macbeth's death was the landing of a German balloon with three men on February 10/11 1929.

The balloon had been blown across the North Sea during a storm and landed near Claydykes Farm on the B9119 road through Tornaveen.

Different attempts to land failed because of several reasons and so the three men crossed the North Sea within 12 hours.

It is described in the Ordnance Survey name book of 1871 as "Three small croft houses, a grocers Shop, a Parish School and Chapel, the croft houses are all one Storey high partly Slated and partly thatched the Chapel a very plain building erected a few years ago by a general local Subscription, each of the three principal denominations viz.