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Located in Crathes, Aberdeenshire, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 12.8 miles away.
Located to the east of Scotland in Aberdeenshire. Crathes Castle was built in the sixteenth century. The land was given as a gift to the Burnett of Leys family by King Robert the Bruce in 1323. There are nearly fours acr...
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Located in Edzell, Angus, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 18.5 miles away.
Dating from around 1100 and now a ruin. Edzell Castle was the seat of the Lindsay family. As Jacobites, the Lindsay family were on the losing side after the 1715 Jacobite Rising and the castle was gradually destroyed. Th...
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Located in Montrose, Angus, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 25.5 miles away.
Georgian Family House close to Montrose in east Scotland. Victorian gardens overlooking the Montrose Basin. Includes: Lady Augusta Walk, adventure playground, Victorian walled garden, terraced gardens, woodland dog walk...
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Located in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 26.2 miles away.
Founded in 1593, a college of Aberdeen University. 'The second-largest granite structure in the world' (source: Marischal Museum website). Built in the nineteenth century on the site of a much earlier Franciscan Friary w...
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Located in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 26.3 miles away.
A place of worship founded in the the sixth century by St. Machar, a companion of St. Columba. A Norman cathedral was built here in the twelfth century. There has been considerable restoration work in recent years...
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Located in Glamis, Angus, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 32.4 miles away.
Childhood home of the Queen Mother. Birthplace of Princess Margaret. Glamis Castle features on the Scottish ten pound note. Many legends surround the castle including those of the 'monster of Glamis', the ghost of the 'G...
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Located in Arbroath, Angus, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 36.2 miles away.
Founded in 1178 by a Scottish King who was buried before the high altar of the church in 1214. Arbroath is made from distinctive red sandstone. The Abbey was once the richest in Scotland but fell into ruin after the Scot...
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Located in Kinveachy, Highland, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 36.6 miles away.
To the south east of Inverness, Loch Garten is famous for its RSPB Nature Reserve. Their membership booklet reads: 'When ospreys returned to breed in Scotland, this ancient Caledonian pinewood is where they chose to come...
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Located in Arbroath, Angus, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 36.6 miles away.
On the North Sea coast in eastern Scotland. Harbour built in mid-nineteenth century. Famed for its 'Arbroath Smokies', haddock that is smoked over wood-chip fires. Today, there is a marina here...
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Located in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 42.4 miles away.
The harbour was built by the Earl of Seafield in 1825 and was one of the main harbours engaged in herring fishing. Portsoy marble, used in the Palace of Versailles, is found on the coast of the Moray Firth near the fishi...
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Located in Cullen, Moray, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 42.7 miles away.
Perched on top of a high cliff overlooking the Moray Firth to the east of Scotland. Findlater Castle dates from the thirteenth century. In its history, Viking invaders captured the castle whose name is derived from the N...
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Located in Cullen, Moray, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 42.8 miles away.
A long, sandy beach popular with holiday makers. To the north east of Scotland on the coastline of the Moray Firth. A short distnace from Findlater Castle. This area of the coast is home to one of only two resident popul...
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Located in Portknockie, Moray, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 43.8 miles away.
Just off the coast by the village of Portknockie. Bow Fiddle Rock or Fiddler's Rock is a large rock with a sea arch in the shape of the bow of a fiddle. All the way down in Devon, there's a similar rock structure at Blac...
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