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All the United Kingdom Scotland Strichen

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Strichen

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

Updated October 21, 2022

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Strichen, Scotland

Strichen House

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

Strichen, Scotland

Strichen Stone Circle

This ancient monument has been dissembled and put back together at least twice.
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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.
4 miles from Strichen
The recumbent stone with a fallen flanking stone.

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Aikey Brae Stone Circle

Considered "the most original, complete, and unimproved" circles in Aberdeenshire.
5 miles from Strichen
The now difficult to read inscription around the wellhead.

Fraserburgh, Scotland

St Drostan's Well

Believed to be the site where St. Drostan performed baptisms.
6 miles from Strichen
Old Pitsligo Church

Rosehearty, Scotland

Old Pitsligo Church

The south aisle of this church once served as a burial vault.
6 miles from Strichen
Remains of the building of Pitsligo Castle’s inner courtyard

Rosehearty, Scotland

Pitsligo Castle

The ruins of a 15th-century tower house.
7 miles from Strichen
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