Slains Castle
Slains Castle is a building in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Slains Castle is situated nearby to the hamlet Bullers of Buchan, as well as near the village Cruden Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Slains Castle.
New Slains Castle
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Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It overlooks the North Sea from its cliff-top site one kilometre east of Cruden Bay. New Slains Castle is situated 3,100 feet west of Slains Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bullers of Buchan and Cruden Bay.
Bullers of Buchan
Hamlet
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The name Bullers of Buchan refers both to a collapsed sea cave and to the adjacent village, situated about 6 miles south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Cruden Bay
Village
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Cruden Bay is a small village in Scotland, on the north coast of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, 26 miles north of Aberdeen. Just west of Slains Castle, Cruden Bay is believed to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm II defeated the Danes in 1012.
Whinnyfold
Hamlet
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whinnyfold or Whinneyfold is a small coastal village at the southern end of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Whinnyfold is a clifftop hamlet of fisher cottages built in the 1860s, replacing an older settlement one mile inland. Whinnyfold is situated 2½ miles southwest of Slains Castle.
Slains Castle
- Type: Building
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.41667° or 57° 25′ northLongitude
-1.81667° or 1° 49′ westOpen location code
9C9WC58M+M8GeoNames ID
2637673
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