Alford Railway Museum Working narrow-gauge railway in Alford.
(Undiscovered
Scotland Feature Page)
Balmoral Estate
Scottish home to the Royal Family. Balmoral, Ballater AB35 5TB. STB 5 Star
Attraction.
Banchory Museum
Gateway to Royal Deeside. Bridge Street, Banchory AB31 5SX. STB 3 Star
Museum.
Corgarff Castle Tower house with later fortifications in a
lonely position. (Undiscovered Scotland Feature Page)
Craigievar
Castle Iconic tower house, amongst the best preserved and the most loved in
Scotland. Alford AB33 8JF.
Culsh
Earth House A well-preserved underground passage, with roofing slabs intact
over the large chamber and entrance. About 2000 years old. At Culsh, 1m E of
Tarland on the B9119.
Glenbuchat Castle The most domestic of the Strathdon castles.
(Undiscovered
Scotland Feature Page)
Glen Tanar NNR
One of the largest and finest remnants of Scotland's native pinewoods dominates
this reserve. Three miles southwest of Aboyne, off the B976 road.
Kildrummy Castle Once a vast and important fortress.
(Undiscovered
Scotland Feature Page)
Lost
Gallery A fascinating art gallery. Aldachuie, Strathdon, AB36 8UJ.(Undiscovered Scotland
Feature Page)
Muir of Dinnet
NNR Muir of Dinnet is a mosaic of reedbeds, woodland, bogs and heath with
Lochs Davan and Kinord at its centre. The Burn O' Vat Visitor Centre is
signposted the A93 and the B9119.
Peel
Ring of Lumphanan This great earthwork of 13th-century date was the site of
a fortified residence, perhaps a hunting lodge of the Durward family. 0.5m SW
of Lumphanan off the A980.
St
Mary’s Kirk, Auchindoir One of the finest medieval parish churches in
Scotland, roofless, but otherwise entire. Off the A944 between villages of
Rhynie and Lumsden on the B9002.
Tomnaverie
Stone Circle A recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old. Near Mill of
Wester Coull, about 3m NW of Aboyne on the B9094.
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