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Castle
Dunnottar Castle
Ruined fortress of the Earls Marischal on a rock surrounded on three sides by the North Sea, 1.6 miles south of Stonehaven.
A mini guide to
Stonehaven and Dunnottar: things to do
Places worth your time in Stonehaven and Dunnottar
Top places
Things to do in Stonehaven and Dunnottar
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
Stonehaven Tolbooth Museum
Late 16th-century courthouse and prison on the harbour, the oldest building in Stonehaven, now a local museum.
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Harbour
Stonehaven Harbour
Two-basin harbour improved by Robert Stevenson in the 1820s, once a centre of the herring trade.
Swimming pool
Stonehaven Open Air Pool
Olympic-size heated open-air pool of filtered seawater, opened in 1934; open in summer and for a winter cold-water season.
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Monument
Mercat Cross
Market cross in the Auld Toon, near the harbour.
Memorial
Stonehaven War Memorial
First World War memorial on Black Hill above the bay, unveiled in 1923.
Sea stack
Dunnicaer
Sea stack between Stonehaven and Dunnottar Castle, the site of a Pictish fort.
Nature reserve
RSPB Fowlsheugh
Cliff-top RSPB reserve south of Stonehaven with over 115,000 breeding seabirds, seen from May to early August.
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Photo credits
- Stonehaven and Dunnottar (area photo): Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl, source
- Dunnottar Castle: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stonehaven Tolbooth Museum: Panama1958, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Stonehaven Harbour: Onderwijsgek, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl, source
- Stonehaven Open Air Pool: Pamela Adam, CC BY 2.0, source
- Mercat Cross: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stonehaven War Memorial: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dunnicaer: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- RSPB Fowlsheugh: Photographer: C Michael Hogan Original uploader was Covalent at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Aberdeen city: Carl Farnell, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Royal Deeside: Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
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