Outer Mungo
Outer Mungo is a shoal in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Outer Mungo is situated nearby to the village Inverallochy and Cairnbulg, as well as near the locality Charleston.Places of Interest
Highlights include Inverallochy Castle and Wine Tower.
Inverallochy Castle
Castle
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inverallochy Castle is a ruined courtyard castle, near the village of Inverallochy in the Buchan area of North-East Scotland, dating to 1504. It lies 0.5 miles south of Cairnbulg Castle, near Fraserburgh, and formerly stood beside the now-drained Loch of Inverallochy. Inverallochy Castle is situated 2 miles south of Outer Mungo.
Wine Tower
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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. Wine Tower is situated 2½ miles northwest of Outer Mungo.
Fraserburgh Breakwater Light
Lighthouse
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Fraserburgh Breakwater Light is a lighthouse, which is situated 2 miles west of Outer Mungo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inverallochy and Cairnbulg and St Combs.
Inverallochy and Cairnbulg
Village
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The villages of Inverallochy and Cairnbulg lie some 4 miles east of Fraserburgh, in North East Scotland. It formerly consisted of the three fishing villages of Brandesburgh, Cairnbulg and Inverallochy, but the former village has since disappeared…
St Combs
Village
Photo: Ken Pickering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Combs is a small fishing village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, immediately southeast of Inverallochy. It has existed since at least the 17th century, and takes its name from a church to St Colm that used to exist in the area and was abandoned in 1607. St Combs is situated 2½ miles southeast of Outer Mungo.
Fraserburgh
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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.
Outer Mungo
- Type: Shoal
- Category: landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.68469° or 57° 41′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.94535° or 1° 56′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C9WM3M3+VVGeoNames ID
12088947
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