- Findlater Castle
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(gbmapping|NJ541672)Findlater Castle sits in a romantic position on a convert|50|ft|m|sing=on-high cliff overlooking the
Moray Firth on the coast ofBanff and Buchan ,Aberdeenshire ,Scotland . It lies about 15 km (9.32 miles) west of Banff, near the village ofSandend , betweenCullen andPortsoy . The cliffs here containquartz ; the name "Findlater" is derived from the Norse words "fyn" ("white") and "leitr" ("cliff").The first historical reference to the castle is from 1246. King Alexander III of Scotland repaired this castle in the 1260s in preparation for an invasion by King Haakon IV ofNorway . TheVikings took and held the castle for some time. The castle remains that are still there are from the 14th-century rebuilding, when the castle was redesigned based on the Roslyn Castle model.External links
* [http://www.findlater.org.uk/Castle.htm Findlater family site]
* [http://website.lineone.net/~embaillie/findlater.htm#findlaterpoem Portsoy poets site]
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