Lawrenceton
Lawrenceton is a hamlet in Moray, Scotland. Lawrenceton is situated nearby to the hamlet Lochaber Cottages, as well as near Burgie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blervie Castle and Kinloss Abbey.
Blervie Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blervie Castle is a ruined 16th-century Z-plan tower house, about 2.5 miles south-east of Forres, Moray, Scotland, and about 1 mile north-east of Rafford. Alternative names are Blare; Blarvie; Blairvie; Blervie Tower; and Ulerin.
Kinloss Abbey
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Kinloss Abbey is situated 2 miles northwest of Lawrenceton.
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 2 miles west of Lawrenceton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rafford and Kinloss.
Rafford
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rafford is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is approximately 2.5 miles southeast of the town of Forres, and 5.5 miles northwest of the village of Dallas. Rafford is situated 2 miles southwest of Lawrenceton.
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. Kinloss is situated 2 miles northwest of Lawrenceton.
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.
Lawrenceton
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Easter Lawrenceton”
- Category: locality
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.60963° or 57° 36′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.54006° or 3° 32′ 24″ westElevation
220 feet (67 metres)Open location code
9C9RJF55+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 10886600617OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
13273791
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