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Historic Attractions in Aberdeen & Grampian Highlands
Scotland, UK
Scotland’s first mainland light house, completed in 1787, was really a 16th century castle with a light placed on top of...
Scotland, UK
This prominent lighthouse on the point of Buchan Ness was completed in 1827.
Some of its buildings were slightly...
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, Braemar, AB35 5XR
17th century hunting lodge, Hanoverian
garrison and home to Clan Farquharson,
Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 5TD
11th century castle with fine Painted ceilings dating 1592 and 1597. Unique baby’s four poster bed, displays of dolls...
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...
Scotland, UK
This lighthouse marking the skerries, a site of several shipwrecks, was built in 1846. There is a good walk along the...
Scotland, UK
Lit in 1897 and decommissioned in 2007, Tod Head lies south of Stonehaven and near Catterline, a picturesque, though often...
Scotland, UK
This lighthouse, built in 1895, marked a particularly dangerous part of the east coast. Just half a mile offshore and...
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'.
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...
Forres, Moray, IV36
The most northerly built monument to Nelson in Scotland with spectacular views across Forres, Findhorn Bay and the Moray...
Echt, Westhill, Aberdeenshire, AB32
A particularly fine recumbent stone circle, with nine standing stones and a cup-marked recumbent stone with flanking pillars.
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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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