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Located in Portknockie, Moray, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 1.2 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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Located in Cullen, Moray, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 2.2 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 Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 5.2 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 Elgin, Moray, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 17.0 miles away.
Fortified palace built for the Bishops of Moray. Dates from the twelfth century. Fell into disrepair at the end of the seventeenth century after a dispute between its owner and King William and Queen Mary. Managed by His...
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Located in Elgin, Moray, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 17.8 miles away.
Founded in 1224. Elgin Cathedral fell into disuse as a result of the Scottish Reformation. In 1824, an Elgin shoemaker called John Shanks began the task of clearing the site of debris and rubbish. He is said to have move...
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Located in Elgin, Moray, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 23.3 miles away.
Benedictine monastery located to the east of Scotland, a short distance from Elgin. 'It is the only medieval monastery in Britain still inhabited by monks and being used for its original purpose' (source: Pluscarden Abbe...
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Located in Kinveachy, Highland, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 44.9 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 Aberdeen, Aberdeen, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 45.1 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 Golspie, Highland, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 45.7 miles away.
Re-modelled in the nineteenth century by Sir Charles Barry (architect of London's Houses of Parliament). Dunrobin Castle founded in the 1300s. Located in the north of Scotland. Owned by the Clan Sutherland. Dunrobin Cast...
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Located in Crathes, Aberdeenshire, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 46.0 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 Dornoch, Highland, The Highlands & Islands, Scotland
Approximately 46.1 miles away.
In the north-east of Scotland, Dornoch Cathedral was first built in the thirteenth century. Burnt down in 1570 and restored in the early nineteenth century. The pop star Madonna had her son christened in Dornoch Cathedra...
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Located in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, The Lowlands, Scotland
Approximately 46.3 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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