The Auld Brig is a category A listed bridge across the Ythan, built in 1793.
On the Ythan, includes the ruins of the 16th century Ellon Castle. It has a sandy coast, which is succeeded inland by a clayey, fertile, tilled tract, and then by low hills, moors, mosses and tilled land. South of the Ythan is the traditional district of Formartine. It's impressive Seton tower, which forms the entrance, was erected in 1599 by Alexander Seton. Fyvie Castle (NTS) near Turriff dates back to the 13th century. The town of Turriff lies inland on the River Deveron,Ĭlose to the border with Banffshire. From west to east, the castles are Dundarg, Pitsligo, Pitullie, Kinnaird, Wine Tower, Cairnbulg, Inverallochy, Lonmay and Rattray. The "nine castles of the Knuckle" are a group of ancient castles around the Buchan coast, the "north-eastern The county’s coast then stretches round to face the open North Sea. Six miles south of Peterhead, are the Bullers of Buchan – a basin in which the sea, entering by a natural arch, boils up The biggest shellfish port in Scotland, and Peterhead, known as The Blue Toun. Its coastline rounds the “Cold Shoulder” of the Highlands and on this northern coast are the fishing towns of Fraserburgh, In the far north-east of the shire, north of the Ythan, lies the traditional area of Buchan. The county is traditionally divided into five districts: Buchan, Formartine, Garioch, Mar and Strathbogie. The figures for area and population are takenįrom the Demography of the Historic Counties report.Īberdeenshire is a Highland county: a county of wild mountains and wild seas.
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