The Donnons
The Donnons is a cape in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. The Donnons is situated nearby to the locality Port Erroll, as well as near the village Cruden Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include New Slains Castle and St Olaf’s Church.
New Slains Castle
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It overlooks the North Sea from its cliff-top site one kilometre east of Cruden Bay.
St Olaf’s Church
Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Olaf's Church is a Category B listed building in Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in 1776. It was designated in 1971. It is a Church of Scotland parish church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cruden Bay and Bullers of Buchan.
Cruden Bay
Village
Photo: DavidDixon, Public domain.
Cruden Bay is a small village in Scotland, on the north coast of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, 26 miles north of Aberdeen. Just west of Slains Castle, local tradition associates Cruden Bay with a supposed battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm…
Bullers of Buchan
Hamlet
Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The name Bullers of Buchan refers both to a collapsed sea cave and to the adjacent village, situated about 6 miles south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Whinnyfold
Hamlet
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whinnyfold or Whinneyfold is a small coastal village at the southern end of the Bay of Cruden in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Whinnyfold is a clifftop hamlet of fisher cottages built in the 1860s, replacing an older settlement one mile inland.
The Donnons
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.41113° or 57° 24′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.83601° or 1° 50′ 10″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C9WC567+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 7679699793OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
13284909
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