Abbey of Kinloss
Abbey of Kinloss is a ruin in Moray, Scotland. Abbey of Kinloss is situated nearby to Kinloss Abbey, as well as near the hamlet Findhorn Ecovillage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kinloss Abbey and Sueno’s Stone.
Kinloss Abbey
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Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian abbey at Kinloss in the county of Moray, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I "in order to extend the benefits of civilisation to the remoter regions under his sway." The legend of its founding is similar to that of the founding of Holyrood Abbey.
Sueno’s Stone
Photo: Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres in Moray and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in Scotland, standing 6.5 metres in height. Sueno’s Stone is situated 1½ miles southwest of Abbey of Kinloss.
Kinloss Barracks
Military installation
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinloss Barracks is a military installation located near the village of Kinloss, on the Moray Firth in the north of Scotland. Until 2012 it was a Royal Air Force station, RAF Kinloss. Kinloss Barracks is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Abbey of Kinloss.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinloss and Findhorn Ecovillage.
Kinloss
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from Findhorn and 2.5 miles from Forres. Northeast of the village is Kinloss Barracks, formerly RAF Kinloss which opened on 1 April 1939.
Findhorn Ecovillage
Hamlet
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The Findhorn Ecovillage, known in the past as the Findhorn Community is an experimental intentional community project based at The Park, in Moray, Scotland, near the village of Findhorn. Findhorn Ecovillage is situated 1½ miles northwest of Abbey of Kinloss.
Forres
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.
Abbey of Kinloss
- Type: Ruin
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.63381° or 57° 38′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.56644° or 3° 33′ 59″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C9RJCMM+GCGeoNames ID
11497550
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