Fraserburgh Dry Dock
Fraserburgh Dry Dock is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Fraserburgh Dry Dock is situated nearby to the locality Baillie Dickson’s Jetty, as well as near Abernethy Jetty.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wine Tower and Kinnaird Head Lighthouse.
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.
Museum of Scottish Lighthouses
Museum
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There are two lighthouses located on Kinnaird Head, in Fraserburgh, Scotland: a historical one built in a converted castle; and its modern replacement, built in 1991.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fraserburgh and Kinnaird Head.
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.
Kinnaird Head
Locality
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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.
Broadsea
Suburb
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadsea is a community situated in Aberdeenshire in the north east of Scotland. It is a long-standing fishing community at the north edge of Fraserburgh.
Fraserburgh Dry Dock
- Type: Locality
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.69579° or 57° 41′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.00112° or 2° 0′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C9VMXWX+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 12030626535OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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