Hangman’s Brae

Places of Interest

St Olaf’s Church

Church

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Olaf's Church is a Category B listed building in Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, built in 1776. It was designated in 1971. It is a Church of Scotland parish church.

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 Hangman’s Brae.

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Hatton

Village

Photo: Gav barnett, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Cruden Bay

Village

Photo: DavidDixon, Public domain.

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, local tradition associates Cruden Bay with a supposed battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm…

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 2½ miles southeast of Hangman’s Brae.

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