“Atween the Fish an’ Cattle”
(From a poem written by a pupil at Fordyce Academy, George Findlater, in 1911)
Aberdeenshire, in the North-East of Scotland, boasts a stunning coastline of dramatic clifftops, rocky coves, sandy beaches and a rich diversity of wildlife. It has an important heritage of Late Neolithic Recumbent Stone Circles linked to the cycles of the moon, and many elaborately decorated, Pictish Symbol-Stones.
The region is also home to more than 200 castles, no two of which are the same - a testament to its strategic importance in Scotland’s long and turbulent history.
The historic village of Fordyce is located just inland on the A98 between the coastal towns of Portsoy and Cullen.
Read about Fordyce on the Undiscovered Scotland website
Nearby, is Sandend’s crescent bay, the ruins of medieval Findlater Castle, Bow-Fiddle Rock at Portknockie, the 17th Century harbour at Portsoy, and Duff House, a baroque mansion now a country-house gallery in partnership National Galleries of Scotland and Aberdeenshire Council. For whisky connoisseurs, Glenglassaugh Distillery is just a few minutes away: its single malt, they say, tastes of the sea!