Lawrenceton

Lawrenceton is a hamlet in Moray, Scotland. Lawrenceton is situated nearby to the hamlet Lochaber Cottages, as well as near Burgie.

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″ north

Longitude

-3.54006° or 3° 32′ 24″ west

Elevation

220 feet (67 metres)

Open location code

9C9RJF55+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10886600617

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13273791

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