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Château
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.
Un mini-guide de
Stonehaven and Dunnottar
Harbour town, open-air seawater pool and the cliff-top ruin of Dunnottar
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Harbour town, open-air seawater pool and the cliff-top ruin of Dunnottar
Stonehaven is a harbour town about 15 miles (24 km) south of Aberdeen, on the main railway line to Dundee. The Auld Toon gathers round the harbour, where the 16th-century Tolbooth is the oldest building in town; the newer town centre and the bay lie to the north, with an Olympic-size open-air pool filled with heated seawater.
A coastal path climbs south past the war memorial on Black Hill and the sea stack of Dunnicaer to Dunnottar Castle, a ruin on a rock almost cut off by the sea, 1.6 miles from the town. Further south the RSPB reserve at Fowlsheugh has large seabird colonies in early summer. At Hogmanay the town is known for its Fireballs ceremony on the High Street.
Points forts
Par où commencer
Si vous n'avez que quelques heures, voici de bons endroits pour commencer.
Musée
Stonehaven Tolbooth Museum
Late 16th-century courthouse and prison on the harbour, the oldest building in Stonehaven, now a local museum.
Itinéraire Site web Report a problem with Stonehaven Tolbooth Museum
Port
Stonehaven Harbour
Two-basin harbour improved by Robert Stevenson in the 1820s, once a centre of the herring trade.
Piscine
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.
Itinéraire Site web Report a problem with Stonehaven Open Air Pool
Monument
Mercat Cross
Market cross in the Auld Toon, near the harbour.
Monument commémoratif
Stonehaven War Memorial
First World War memorial on Black Hill above the bay, unveiled in 1923.
S'orienter
Sur la carte
The map shows Stonehaven and Dunnottar and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
Bons plans d'initiés
Avant de partir
1
Walk to Dunnottar
The coastal path from the harbour passes the war memorial and Dunnicaer on the way to the castle, about 1.6 miles away.
2
À vérifier avant de partir
Dunnottar Castle says it may close at short notice in bad weather, and its hours change with the season.
3
Steps at the castle
The castle publishes an access guide on its website; read it before visiting if you have limited mobility.
4
Seabirds at Fowlsheugh
The RSPB says the seabird season is May to early August. The car park has only 12 spaces and no toilets on site.
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Crédits photos
- 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
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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