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All the United Kingdom Scotland Fraserburgh

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Fraserburgh

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Fraserburgh, Scotland

Updated September 23, 2022

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Fraserburgh, Scotland

Museum of Scottish Lighthouses

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.
The now difficult to read inscription around the wellhead.

Fraserburgh, Scotland

St Drostan's Well

Believed to be the site where St. Drostan performed baptisms.
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Memsie Round Cairn

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Memsie Round Cairn

The sole surviving large cairn in an area that was once littered with burial monuments.
3 miles from Fraserburgh
Remains of the building of Pitsligo Castle’s inner courtyard

Rosehearty, Scotland

Pitsligo Castle

The ruins of a 15th-century tower house.
3 miles from Fraserburgh
Old Pitsligo Church

Rosehearty, Scotland

Old Pitsligo Church

The south aisle of this church once served as a burial vault.
3 miles from Fraserburgh
Strichen stone circle

Strichen, Scotland

Strichen Stone Circle

This ancient monument has been dissembled and put back together at least twice.
8 miles from Fraserburgh
The collapsed section.

Strichen, Scotland

Strichen House

The ruinous former neo-classical mansion was built for Thomas Fraser of Strichen.
8 miles from Fraserburgh
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