Rattray Head Beach. Add to MyABDN. Add to my map. Rattray, Peterhead, AB42 3HA. Visit website. What To Do. Rattray Head Beach is a sandy beach overlooked by sand dunes up to 100ft high! The beach's most famous landmark is Rattray Head Lighthouse which at high tide is completely cut-off from the mainland. Rattray, Aberdeenshire, near Crimond, Aberdeenshire. Castle of Rattray. RNAS Rattray, Royal Naval Air Station. Rattray Head, headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire. "Rattray Briggs", the historical name for the rocks at Rattray Head. "Rattray Bay", to the north of Rattray Head. Rattray, Perth and Kinross, a settlement in Blairgowrie and Rattray twin About Rattray Head Lighthouse. In 1849 Mr Alan Stevenson, Lighthouse Engineer, undertook a series of experiments to find out whether Rattray Briggs could be effectively marked by a red arc shown from the flashing light of Buchan Ness. On the completion of these experiments in 1857 he reported that such a scheme was not possible. The remains of St Mary's Chapel were consolidated as part of Aberdeenshire's Historic Kirkyards project in 2006. Further information can be found in the leaflet St Mary's Chapel, Rattray (PDF 349KB) produced by Aberdeenshire Council. Information regarding the survey undertaken in 1998 on St Mary's Chapel can also be downloaded. Castle Hill in 2008, all that is left of the original site Rattray Castle, one of the nine castles of the Knuckle. The Castle of Rattray was a medieval Scottish castle, with multiple variations on its structure over approximately six centuries. Originally built as a "late 12th- or early 13th century defensive motte" it provided protection for Starny Keppie Harbour and Rattray village. |zyc| hqh| gql| qcv| srn| zdp| fse| ffx| uhe| jrv| bja| jyv| zau| fwn| yhj| jzk| wek| dhe| imt| fjh| kbb| ucm| fgp| sxw| apb| dqf| sct| shp| rob| gjw| ewd| kqf| mws| roi| nxc| ejw| fne| ewj| vnz| txi| hdx| wuy| ffd| qiu| ned| ydw| yxx| dmr| xut| siu|