Blockie Head
Blockie Head is a fort in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Blockie Head is situated nearby to the islet Temptin‘, as well as near Mussel Craig.- Type: Fort
- Description: hillfort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Blockie Head Fort”, “North Haven”, and “Old Danish Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Slains Castle and RRH Buchan.
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 1½ miles south of Blockie Head.
RRH Buchan
Military installation
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Remote Radar Head Buchan or RRH Buchan is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force. It is located at Stirling Hill, 3.2 kilometres south of Peterhead on the Aberdeenshire coast of northeast Scotland. RRH Buchan is situated 1½ miles north of Blockie Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bullers of Buchan and Cruden Bay.
Bullers of Buchan
Hamlet
Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The name Bullers of Buchan refers both to a collapsed sea cave and to the adjacent village, situated about 6 miles south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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… Cruden Bay is situated 2 miles southwest of Blockie Head.
Boddam
Village
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
Boddam is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 29 miles north of Aberdeen and 3 miles south of Peterhead. The settlement of Stirling Village lies immediately to the west. Boddam is situated 3 miles northeast of Blockie Head.
Blockie Head
- Categories: promontory fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.4345° or 57° 26′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.81777° or 1° 49′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C9WC5MJ+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 7679561768OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q31084142
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