Towie Wood
Towie Wood is a forest in Moray, Scotland. Towie Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Bleachfield, as well as near Lintmill Burnside.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fordyce Castle and Old Church of St John.
Fordyce Castle
Castle
Photo: Dominic Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordyce Castle is a T-plan castle, its oldest part dating from 1592, about three miles south-west of Portsoy, in the village of Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Old Church of St John
Ruins
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Church of St John is a ruined church, incorporating a finely carved sacrament house and situated within a historic burial ground in Kirktown of Deskford in Moray, Scotland.
Fordyce Academy
School
Fordyce Academy, known until the mid-19th century as Fordyce School, and also sometimes called Smith's Academy, was a famous grammar school in the village of Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland, founded about 1592, refounded in 1790, and closed in 1964.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsoy and Cullen.
Portsoy
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portsoy is a fishing village 8 miles west of Banff on the north coast of Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland. It has a picturesque harbour often used as a film and TV location, such as the 2016 remake of Whisky Galore! In 2020 the population was 1690.
Cullen
Town
Photo: Clydecoast, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cullen is a village and former royal burgh in Moray but historically in Banffshire, Scotland, on the North Sea coast. The village had a population of 1,327 in 2001.
Deskford
Hamlet
Deskford is a parish and a small settlement in Moray, Scotland, formerly in Banffshire. A number of significant historical and archaeological remains have been found in the area, notably the remains of a carnyx.
Towie Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.663° or 57° 39′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.7875° or 2° 47′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C9VM676+6XOpenStreetMap ID
way 31875230OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Cotton Hill and Fordyce Parish Kirk.
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