Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cullen and Portknockie.

Cullen

Town

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Cullen is a village and former royal burgh in Moray but historically in Banffshire, Scotland, on the North Sea coast. The village had a population of 1,327 in 2001.

Portknockie

Village

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Portknockie is a coastal village on the Moray Firth within Moray, Scotland. The village's name is written as Portknockies in the Old Parish Registers. This would suggest that the port's name referred to not one, but two rocky hills at the hythe - the Port Hill and the Greencastle. Portknockie is situated 1½ miles west of Caple Rock.

Lintmill

Village

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Lintmill is a village, which is situated 1½ miles south of Caple Rock.

Caple Rock

Type: Rock
Category: landform
Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.7° or 57° 42′ north

Longitude

-2.81667° or 2° 49′ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9C9VM5XM+X8

GeoNames ID

2653839

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