Tarness Haven

Tarness Haven is a locality in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Tarness Haven is situated nearby to the village Collieston, as well as near the locality Long Pot.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Slains Castle and Meikle Loch.

Old Slains Castle

Photo: Martyn Gorman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Slains Castle is a ruined castle near Collieston in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is not to be confused with New Slains Castle, a separate building located five miles northeast.

Meikle Loch is an inland loch some miles north of Collieston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated as part of the Ythan Estuary complex, along with the Sands of Forvie, as a Special Protection Area for wildlife conservation purposes. Meikle Loch is situated 1½ miles northwest of Tarness Haven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hackley Head and Newburgh.

Hackley Head

Locality

Hackley Head is a coastal headland in Aberdeenshire, in north-east Scotland. It lies south of Hackley Bay and north of the Sands of Forvie and the Ythan estuary, near the village of Collieston.

Newburgh

Village

Photo: Zboralski, CC0.

Newburgh is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village dates to 1261 AD, when William St. Clair, 6th Baron of Roslin, wanted to establish a chapel in the area. Originally built as a school, somewhat later the chapel of Holy Rood was established. Newburgh is situated 3½ miles southwest of Tarness Haven.

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. Whinnyfold is situated 4 miles northeast of Tarness Haven.

Tarness Haven

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

57.34766° or 57° 20′ 52″ north

Longitude

-1.93207° or 1° 55′ 56″ west

Open location code

9C9W83X9+35

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14243703353

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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