The Atlas Obscura Guide To Fraserburgh

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Fraserburgh, Scotland

Updated September 23, 2022

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Unusual Attractions in Fraserburgh

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Fraserburgh, Scotland

Museum of Scottish Lighthouses

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

The now difficult to read inscription around the wellhead.

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St Drostan's Well

Believed to be the site where St. Drostan performed baptisms.

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Memsie Round Cairn

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Memsie Round Cairn

The sole surviving large cairn in an area that was once littered with burial monuments.

3 miles from Fraserburgh

Remains of the building of Pitsligo Castle’s inner courtyard

Rosehearty, Scotland

Pitsligo Castle

The ruins of a 15th-century tower house.

3 miles from Fraserburgh

Old Pitsligo Church

Rosehearty, Scotland

Old Pitsligo Church

The south aisle of this church once served as a burial vault.

3 miles from Fraserburgh

Strichen stone circle

Strichen, Scotland

Strichen Stone Circle

This ancient monument has been dissembled and put back together at least twice.

8 miles from Fraserburgh

The collapsed section.

Strichen, Scotland

Strichen House

The ruinous former neo-classical mansion was built for Thomas Fraser of Strichen.

8 miles from Fraserburgh

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