Burghead Museum
Burghead Museum is a museum in Moray, Scotland. Burghead Museum is situated nearby to the archaeological site Doorie Hill, as well as near Burghead Well (Pictish).Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burghead Transmitting Station.
Burghead Transmitting Station
Building
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, Public domain.
The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead in Scotland for long wave and medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936. Burghead Transmitting Station is situated 1 mile east of Burghead Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burghead and Cummingston.
Burghead
Village
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burghead is a small town in Moray, Scotland, about 8 miles north-west of Elgin. The town is mainly built on a peninsula that projects north-westward into the Moray Firth, surrounding it by water on three sides.
Cummingston
Village
Cummingston is located in Moray on the north-east coast of Scotland. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead. It was known as "the Collach", possibly from Scottish Gaelic an Coileach meaning "eddy".
Hopeman
Village
Photo: Craig Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances. Hopeman is situated 2½ miles east of Burghead Museum.
Burghead Museum
- Type: Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.70355° or 57° 42′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.49776° or 3° 29′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C9RPG32+CVOpenStreetMap ID
way 507823014OpenStreetMap feature
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Doorie Hill and Burghead Well (Pictish).
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