Red Craig

Red Craig is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Red Craig is situated nearby to the locality Craig Macaer, as well as near Black Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stonehaven Tolbooth and Dunnottar Castle.

Stonehaven Tolbooth

Museum

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The Stonehaven Tolbooth is a late 16th-century stone building originally used as a courthouse and a prison in the town of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Dunnottar Castle

Castle

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeast coast of Scotland, about 2 miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.

Dunnicaer

Archaeological site

Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dunnicaer, or Dun-na-caer, is a precipitous sea stack just off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, between Dunnottar Castle and Stonehaven. Despite the unusual difficulty of access, in 1832 Pictish symbol stones were found on the summit and 21st-century archaeology has discovered evidence of a Pictish hill fort which may have incorporated the stones in its structure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonehaven and Kirktown of Fetteresso.

Stonehaven

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stonehaven is a small fishing port in Aberdeenshire in North East Scotland, 15 miles south of Aberdeen. Its main attraction is Dunnottar Castle, scenically perched on a headland south of town.

Kirktown of Fetteresso

Village

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The Kirktown of Fetteresso is a well-preserved village near Stonehaven, Scotland. In the planning area of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, this village contains many very old stone residential structures as well as the Church of St. Kirktown of Fetteresso is situated 1½ miles west of Red Craig.

Red Cloak

Quarter

Red Cloak now known as Redcloak is an industrial area of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site's settlement history is associated with events at the nearby Chapel of St. Red Cloak is situated 1½ miles northwest of Red Craig.

Red Craig

Type: Locality
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.95775° or 56° 57′ 28″ north

Longitude

-2.20122° or 2° 12′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C8VXQ5X+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14010890337

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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