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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...

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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...

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  • 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...

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  • Formaston Cross Slab
    Formaston Cross Slab

    The Lodge on the Loch, Aboyne, AB34 5BR

    Formaston Cross Slab

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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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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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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  • Midmar Kirk Stone Circle
    Midmar Kirk Stone Circle

    Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51

    A recumbent stone circle, with a massive recumbent stone and flankers. In the kirkyard at Midmar Kirk.

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  • Banff
    Banff

    Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

    There has been a settlement here since the 12th century. The town has many notable 17th and 18th century buildings, an...

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  • Invercauld Bridge
    Invercauld Bridge

    Ballater, Aberdeenshire, AB35

    This handsome bridge over the River Dee was built in 1752 to carry the Military Road that lead north to Corgarff Castle...

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  • Migvie Stone
    Migvie Stone

    by Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

    A handsome 9th century Pictish cross-slab with on one side a large cross and on the other a horse and rider.

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  • Portsoy
    Portsoy

    Banffshire, Scotland, UK

    A burgh since 1550, Portsoy has a most attractive harbour dating from 1692, with fine 18th century warehouses. From here...

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  • Culsh Souterrain © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Culsh Souterrain (HS)

    by Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, AB35

    This well-preserved earth-house dates from around 100 AD. Built in a curve, roofed with heavy stone lintels it is 14...

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  • Aikey Brae Stone Circle
    Aikey Brae Stone Circle

    Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, AB42

    The most complete recumbent stone circle in the north-east, it includes a massive recumbent stone weighing some 22 tons.

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  • 1 Buchan Ness Lighthouse Scotland, UK
    2 Covesea Skerries Lighthouse Scotland, UK
    3 Rattray Head Lighthouse Scotland, UK
    4 Formaston Cross Slab The Lodge on the Loch, Aboyne, AB34 5BR
    5 Kinnaird Head Lighthouse Scotland, UK
    6 Girdle Ness Lighthouse Scotland, UK
    7 Tod Head Lighthouse Scotland, UK
    8 Well of the Lecht Nr. Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland, UK
    9 Midmar Kirk Stone Circle Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, AB51
    10 Banff Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
    11 Invercauld Bridge Ballater, Aberdeenshire, AB35
    12 Migvie Stone by Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
    13 Portsoy Banffshire, Scotland, UK
    14 Culsh Souterrain (HS) by Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, AB35
    15 Aikey Brae Stone Circle Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, AB42

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