Durn Hill
Durn Hill is a peak in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland and has an elevation of 650 feet. Durn Hill is situated nearby to the village Fordyce, as well as near Sandend.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 650 feet
- Description: hillfort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hill Of Durn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fordyce Castle and Fordyce Academy.
Fordyce Castle
Castle
Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordyce Castle is a T-plan castle, its oldest part dating from 1592, about three miles south-west of Portsoy, in the village of Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Fordyce Academy
School
Fordyce Academy, known until the mid-19th century as Fordyce School, and also sometimes called Smith's Academy, was a famous grammar school in the village of Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, founded about 1592, refounded in 1790, and closed in 1964.
Glenglassaugh distillery
Distillery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenglassaugh distillery is a malt scotch whisky distillery at Sandend in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It restarted production in November 2008 after being acquired by an independent investment group. It was then bought by Brown-Forman and mothballed in 2025.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsoy and Sandend.
Portsoy
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portsoy is a fishing village 8 miles west of Banff on the north coast of Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland. It has a picturesque harbour often used as a film and TV location, such as the 2016 remake of Whisky Galore! In 2020 the population was 1690.
Sandend
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sandend is a small fishing village near Banff and Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, typical of the area. It was "a considerable seatown as early as 1624".
Fordyce
Village
Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordyce is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that is slightly inland from the point where the Burn of Fordyce meets the sea between Cullen and Portsoy.
Durn Hill
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, fort, and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.6628° or 57° 39′ 46″ northLongitude
-2.7207° or 2° 43′ 15″ westElevation
650 feet (198 metres)Open location code
9C9VM77H+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 2347822608OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q31084021
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