Kinloss Abbey, Forres
#4 among attractions in Forres
Facts and practical information
Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian abbey at Kinloss in the county of Moray, Scotland. ()
Forres United Kingdom
Kinloss Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Brodie Castle, Pluscarden Abbey, Sueno's Stone, Darnaway Castle.
Turreted castle and Clan Brodie displaysBrodie Castle, Forres
149 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.
MonasteryPluscarden Abbey, Elgin
136 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.
Medieval sandstone column with carvingsSueno's Stone, Forres
44 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.
Forts and castlesDarnaway Castle
152 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.
Hiking, Hiking trailMoray 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.
TowerBurghead Transmitting Station, Burghead
147 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.
Archaeological siteBurghead Fort, Burghead
139 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.
StelaRodney's Stone
143 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.
Specialty museum, Distillery, MuseumDallas Dhu distillery museum, Forres
91 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.
Forts and castlesCluny Hill, Forres
52 min walk • Cluny Hill is a hill on the East side of Forres, Scotland. At the top of Cluny Hill is Nelson's Tower, built in 1806 to commemorate Admiral Lord Nelson and his victory at Trafalgar. The Tower is open to the public.
Scotland