Dyke Parish Church

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Places of Interest Nearby

Rodney’s Stone

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Rodney's Stone is a two-metre high Pictish cross slab now located close on the approach way to Brodie Castle, near Forres, Moray, Scotland. It was originally found nearby in the grounds of the old church of Dyke and Moy. Rodney’s Stone is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Dyke Parish Church.

Darnaway Castle

Castle

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Darnaway Castle, also known as Tarnaway Castle, is located in Darnaway Forest, 3 miles southwest of Forres in Moray, Scotland. This was Comyn land, given to Thomas Randolph along with the Earldom of Moray by King Robert I. Darnaway Castle is situated 2 miles south of Dyke Parish Church.

Culbin Sands, Forest and Findhorn Bay

Forest

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Culbin Sands, Forest and Findhorn Bay is a large area of coast and countryside and an SSSI in Moray, Scotland, stretching from just east of the town of Nairn eastwards to the village of Findhorn and its bay. Culbin Sands, Forest and Findhorn Bay is situated 2 miles northwest of Dyke Parish Church.

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Dyke

Village

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Dyke is a small village situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 4 miles west of Forres. The origin of the name of the parish of Dyke is supposed to be the Gaelic word dìg, signifying a water drain or ditch.

Forres

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Forres is a town in Moray in northeast Scotland, with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.

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