Kinnaird Head
Kinnaird Head is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the Commissioners of Northern Lights.Photo: Watty62, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: headland in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kinnairds Head”
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Kinnaird Head Lighthouse and Wine Tower.
Wine Tower
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinnaird Head is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the Commissioners of Northern Lights.
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
Museum
Photo: Luca Sironi, CC BY 3.0.
There are two lighthouses located on Kinnaird Head, in Fraserburgh, Scotland: a historical one built in a converted castle; and its modern replacement, built in 1991.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fraserburgh and Broadsea.
Fraserburgh
Photo: marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fraserburgh is a fishing port in Aberdeenshire, with a population in 2020 of 13,000. In the 19th century it was a major port for herring, and shell-fishing is still an important local industry. It hosts the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.
Broadsea
Suburb
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadsea is a community situated in Aberdeenshire in the north east of Scotland. It is a long-standing fishing community at the north edge of Fraserburgh.
Sandhaven
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandhaven is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which lies between Rosehearty to the west and Fraserburgh to the east. It is joined to the even smaller village of Pitullie to the west. Sandhaven is situated 2 miles west of Kinnaird Head.
Kinnaird Head
- Categories: headland and cape
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.69871° or 57° 41′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.00429° or 2° 0′ 16″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
9C9VMXXW+F7OpenStreetMap ID
node 8270002264OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2645380Wikidata ID
Q31312419
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kinnaird Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kinnaird Head”
- Chinese: “金奈尔德角”
- Chinese: “金纳德角”
- French: “Kinnaird Head”
- German: “Kinnaird Castle”
- Hebrew: “קינרד הד”
- Irish: “An Ceann Árd, Comhairle Shiorrachd Obar Dheathain”
- Irish: “An Ceann Àrd, Comhairle Shiorrachd Obar Dheathain”
- Irish: “An Ceann Árd”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kinnaird Head”
- Polish: “Kinnaird”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Ceann Àrd”
- Swedish: “Kinnaird Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fraserburgh Dry Dock and Baillie Dickson’s Jetty.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lighthouse Grounds and Kinnaird Head Lighthouse.
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