Kinloss

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Kinloss is a village in Moray, Scotland. It is located near the shore of Findhorn Bay, around 3 miles from Findhorn and 2.5 miles from Forres. Northeast of the village is Kinloss Barracks, formerly RAF Kinloss which opened on 1 April 1939. ()

Alternative names: Population: 1.3 thous.Coordinates: 57°38'8"N, 3°34'6"W

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Kinloss – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Brodie Castle, Pluscarden Abbey, Sueno's Stone, Kinloss Abbey.

5.8 miSW
Turreted castle and Clan Brodie displays
Brodie Castle, Forres
148 min walk • Brodie Castle is a well-preserved Z plan castle located about 3+1⁄2 miles west of Forres, in Moray, Scotland. The castle is a Category A listed building and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
5.4 miSE
Monastery
Pluscarden Abbey, Elgin
139 min walk • Pluscarden Abbey is a Catholic Benedictine monastery in the glen of the Black Burn, six miles southwest of Elgin, Moray, Scotland. It was founded in 1230 by Alexander II for the Valliscaulian Order. In 1454, following a merger with the priory of Urquhart, Pluscarden Priory became a Benedictine House.
1.8 miSW
Medieval sandstone column with carvings
Sueno's Stone, Forres
45 min walk • Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres in Moray and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in Scotland, standing 6.5 metres in height.
~680 ftSE
Monastery
Kinloss Abbey, Forres
4 min walk • Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian abbey at Kinloss in the county of Moray, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I and was first colonised by monks from Melrose Abbey. It received its Papal Bull from Pope Alexander III in 1174, and later came under the protection of the Bishop of Moray in 1187.
6 miSW
Forts and castles
Darnaway Castle
153 min walk • Darnaway Castle, also known as Tarnaway Castle, is located in Darnaway Forest, 3 miles southwest of Forres in Moray, Scotland. This was Comyn land, given to Thomas Randolph along with the Earldom of Moray by King Robert I.
2.4 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Moray Coast Trail, Forres
61 min walk • The Moray Coastal Trail is a long distance path in north-east Scotland that runs along the coastline of the Moray council area. The route, which is 72 km long, runs between Forres and Cullen.
5.7 miNE
Tower
Burghead Transmitting Station, Burghead
145 min walk • The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead in Scotland for long wave and medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936.
5.4 miNE
Archaeological site
Burghead Fort, Burghead
138 min walk • Burghead Fort was a Pictish promontory fort on the site now occupied by the small town of Burghead in Moray, Scotland. It was one of the earliest power centres of the Picts and was three times the size of any other enclosed site in Early Medieval Scotland.
5.6 miSW
Stela
Rodney's Stone
142 min walk • Rodney's Stone is a two-metre high Pictish cross slab now located close on the approach way to Brodie Castle, near Forres, Moray, Scotland. It was originally found nearby in the grounds of the old church of Dyke and Moy. It is classed as a Class II Pictish stone, meaning that it has a cross on one face, and symbols on the other.
2.4 miSW
57°36'36"N • 3°36'44"W
Falconer Museum, Forres
62 min walk • Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
3.6 miSW
Specialty museum, Distillery, Museum
Dallas Dhu distillery museum, Forres
92 min walk • The Dallas Dhu distillery was a producer of single malt Scotch whisky that operated between 1899 and 1983 in Forres, Moray, Scotland. Dallas Dhu means "Black Water Valley" in Gaelic. Its whisky also appeared as a "Dallas Mhor" single malt. In 1899, Alexander Edward designed the Dallas Dhu distillery at the height of the whisky boom.