New Slains Castle

Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby , is a ruined castle in , Scotland. It overlooks the from its cliff-top site one kilometre east of .
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Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “New Slains Castle Ruins”, “New Slains Castle, Cruden Bay”, and “Slains Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Olaf’s Church.

Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Olaf's Church is a Category B listed building in Cruden, , Scotland, built in 1776. It was designated in 1971. It is a Church of Scotland parish church. is situated 2 miles west of New Slains Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cruden Bay and Bullers of Buchan.

Village
Photo: DavidDixon, Public domain.
is a small village in Scotland, on the north coast of the Bay of Cruden in , 26 miles north of . Just west of Slains Castle, local tradition associates with a supposed battle in which the Scots under King Malcolm…

Hamlet
Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The name refers both to a collapsed sea cave and to the adjacent village, situated about 6 miles south of in , , Scotland.

Hamlet
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Whinneyfold is a small coastal village at the southern end of the Bay of Cruden in , Scotland. is a clifftop hamlet of fisher cottages built in the 1860s, replacing an older settlement one mile inland. is situated 2 miles southwest of New Slains Castle.

New Slains Castle

Latitude
57.41537° or 57° 24′ 55″ north
Longitude
-1.83228° or 1° 49′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C9WC589+43
Open­Street­Map ID
way 243672045
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Wiki­data ID
Q779211
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“New Slains Castle” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ելիսեյան պալատ”
  • Basque: “New Slains gaztelua”
  • Catalan: “nou castell de Slains”
  • Czech: “New Slains Castle”
  • Czech: “Slains Castle”
  • Dutch: “New Slains Castle”
  • Esperanto: “kastelo Sains”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo Slains”
  • Esperanto: “nova kastelo Slains”
  • French: “nouveau château de Slains”
  • French: “Nouveau château de Slains”
  • German: “New Slains Castle”
  • German: “Slains Castle”
  • Hebrew: “טירת ניו סליינס”
  • Japanese: “スレインズ城”
  • Japanese: “ニュー・スレインズ・キャッスル”
  • Japanese: “ニュー・スレインズ城”
  • Japanese: “新スレインス城”
  • Lithuanian: “Slains pilis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Slains Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Slains Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Slains”
  • Russian: “Замок Слэйнс”
  • Turkish: “New Slains Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Слейнс”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Orton and Tamley Head.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Old Cooperage and Slains Castle Car Park.

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