Castle Island
Castle Island is a forest in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Castle Island is situated nearby to the locality Old Kinord, as well as near the hamlet New Kinord.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Davan and Burn o’ Vat.
Loch Davan
Lake
Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Davan is a small, triangular, freshwater loch approximately 5 mi northeast of Ballater, Scotland and lying immediately north of Loch Kinord. It is approximately 0.75 mi in length and was formed from a glacial kettle hole.
Burn o’ Vat
Cave
Photo: Alasdairaph, CC BY 3.0.
The Burn o' Vat is a mountain stream in Deeside, Scotland, rising on Culblean Hill and flowing into Loch Kinord. The Vat, a pothole of glacial origin, lies upon its course.
Dinnet Oakwood
Nature reserve
Dinnet Oakwood is a Designated Special Area of Conservation located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is located approximately 9 miles from Aboyne and six miles from Ballater. The area is owned by Scottish Natural Heritage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dinnet and Logie Coldstone.
Dinnet
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dinnet is a village in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Approximately equidistant from Deeside towns Aboyne and Ballater and situated on the main A93 road in the valley of the River Dee, it is said to be the gateway to both the Highlands and the Cairngorms National Park.
Logie Coldstone
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Logie Coldstone is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village lies north of the River Dee, near Tarland in the Cromar, a basin of land cut out of the Grampian foothills between Aboyne and Ballater.
Tarland
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarland is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland 5 miles northwest of Aboyne, and 30 miles west of Aberdeen. The population was 720 in 2016. Tarland is home to the Culsh Earth House, an Iron Age below-ground dwelling otherwise known as a Souterrain.
Castle Island
- Type: Forest
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.0841° or 57° 5′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.9252° or 2° 55′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C9V33MF+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 223640455OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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