Cruden War Memorial

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St Olaf’s Church

Church

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St Olaf's Church is a Category B listed building in Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating to 1776. It is of Church of Scotland denomination. The church's twin, conically roofed towers were added in 1833 by John Smith.

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. New Slains Castle is situated 2 miles east of Cruden War Memorial.

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Cruden Bay

Village

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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, Cruden Bay is believed to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm II defeated the Danes in 1012.

Hatton

Village

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Hatton is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies on the A90 road, approximately equidistant from both Ellon and Peterhead. It has a biscuit factory that was once called Simmers – it was Hatton's only claim to fame, as it supplied biscuits to such upmarket shops as Marks and Spencers.

Whinnyfold

Hamlet

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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. Whinnyfold is situated 2 miles south of Cruden War Memorial.

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