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Kinnaird Head Lighthouse © Copyright Ian Cowe
Kinnaird Head Lighthouse

Scotland, UK

Scotland’s first mainland light house, completed in 1787, was really a 16th century castle with a light placed on top of...

Formaston Cross Slab
Formaston Cross Slab

The Lodge on the Loch, Aboyne, AB34 5BR

Formaston Cross Slab

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Buchan Ness Lighthouse © Copyright Ian Cowe
Buchan Ness Lighthouse

Scotland, UK

This prominent lighthouse on the point of Buchan Ness was completed in 1827.
Some of its buildings were slightly...

Girdle Ness Lighthouse © Copyright Ian Cowe
Girdle Ness Lighthouse

Scotland, UK

The wrecking of the whaling ship Oscar here in 1813 with the loss of all but two of her crew of 45 led to the building of...

Braemar Castle
Braemar Castle

Braemar, Braemar, AB35 5XR

17th century hunting lodge, Hanoverian
garrison and home to Clan Farquharson,

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Delgatie Castle Trust
Delgatie Castle Trust

Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 5TD

11th century castle with fine Painted ceilings dating 1592 and 1597. Unique baby’s four poster bed, displays of dolls...

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Well of the Lecht
Well of the Lecht

Nr. Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland, UK

An attractive plaque, beside the well on the A939 records how five companies of the 33rd Regiment built this section of...

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Covesea Skerries © Copyright Ian Cowe
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse

Scotland, UK

This lighthouse marking the skerries, a site of several shipwrecks, was built in 1846. There is a good walk along the...

Tod Head Lighthouse © Copyright Ian Cowe
Tod Head Lighthouse

Scotland, UK

Lit in 1897 and decommissioned in 2007, Tod Head lies south of Stonehaven and near Catterline, a picturesque, though often...

Rattray Head Lighthouse © Copyright Ian Cowe
Rattray Head Lighthouse

Scotland, UK

This lighthouse, built in 1895, marked a particularly dangerous part of the east coast. Just half a mile offshore and...

Kildrummy Castle © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
Kildrummy Castle (HS)

Kildrummy, Alford, Aberdeenshire, AB33 8RA

Scotland's most complete 13th century castle was a stronghold of the Earls of Mar. Known as the 'Queen of Highlands Castle'.

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Craigellachie Bridge
Craigellachie Bridge

by Aberlour, Moray, AB38

One of Thomas Telford's finest creations, this important bridge across the River Spey was built between 1812 and 1815. It...

Nelson Tower
Nelson Tower

Forres, Moray, IV36

The most northerly built monument to Nelson in Scotland with spectacular views across Forres, Findhorn Bay and the Moray...

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Sunhoney Stone Circle
Sunhoney Stone Circle

Echt, Westhill, Aberdeenshire, AB32

A particularly fine recumbent stone circle, with nine standing stones and a cup-marked recumbent stone with flanking pillars.

Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle (HS)

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51

One of the finest recumbent stone circles in the north-east, it has nine erect stones, a recumbent stone and two flankers.

1 Kinnaird Head Lighthouse Scotland, UK
2 Formaston Cross Slab The Lodge on the Loch, Aboyne, AB34 5BR
3 Buchan Ness Lighthouse Scotland, UK
4 Girdle Ness Lighthouse Scotland, UK
5 Braemar Castle Braemar, Braemar, AB35 5XR 3 stars
6 Delgatie Castle Trust Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 5TD
7 Well of the Lecht Nr. Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland, UK
8 Covesea Skerries Lighthouse Scotland, UK
9 Tod Head Lighthouse Scotland, UK
10 Rattray Head Lighthouse Scotland, UK
11 Kildrummy Castle (HS) Kildrummy, Alford, Aberdeenshire, AB33 8RA 3 stars
12 Craigellachie Bridge by Aberlour, Moray, AB38
13 Nelson Tower Forres, Moray, IV36
14 Sunhoney Stone Circle Echt, Westhill, Aberdeenshire, AB32
15 Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle (HS) Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51

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