Whiterashes is a hamlet in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, lying to the north-west of Newmachar and 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Oldmeldrum on the A947 road.

Affleck (Gaelic: Achadh Leac, 'field of the slabs') is a rural area of Whiterashes.

Other villages or farms in the area are, or have been called, North Affleck, South Affleck, Newton or Nether Affleck and a small forest or bush called the Woodside of Affleck.The area of land was first noted in 1255, when it was referred to as Achlek in a document regarding land ownership between the Bishop and Church of Aberdeen and Arbroath Abbey.

(Edited by Cosmo Innes and Patrick Chalmers)"

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