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Kinnaird Head

Banff and BuchanCastles in AberdeenshireCategory A listed buildings in AberdeenshireFraserburghHeadlands of Scotland
Landforms of AberdeenshireReportedly haunted locations in Scotland
Fraserburgh Lighthouse (Kinnaird Castle) and the Wine Tower
Fraserburgh Lighthouse (Kinnaird Castle) and the Wine Tower

Kinnaird Head (Scottish Gaelic: An Ceann Àrd, "high headland") is a headland projecting into the North Sea, within the town of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the Commissioners of Northern Lights. Kinnaird Castle and the nearby Wine Tower were described by W. Douglas Simpson as two of the nine castles of the Knuckle, referring to the rocky headland of north-east Aberdeenshire. The lighthouse is a category A listed building. and the Wine Tower (perhaps from Wynd Tower). is a scheduled monument. The buildings around the base of the lighthouse are the work of Robert Stevenson.

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Castle Terrace
AB43 9DY , Broadsea
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Fraserburgh Lighthouse (Kinnaird Castle) and the Wine Tower
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