Pinnata Castra, Burghead

#3 among attractions in Burghead

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Pinnata Castra was a settlement located in the north of the island of Great Britain, featuring in Ptolemy's 2nd century Geography as one of the four places listed as belonging to the Vacomagi tribe. It is also included as Pinnatis in the Ravenna Cosmography. ()

Coordinates: 57°42'6"N, 3°28'56"W

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Burghead United Kingdom

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Pinnata Castra – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Duffus Castle, Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, Kinloss Abbey, Burghead Transmitting Station.

4.5 miE
Medieval ruins with informational boards
Duffus Castle, Elgin
116 min walk • Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c. 1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations.
5.5 miE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, Lossiemouth
141 min walk • Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, originally belonging to the Northern Lighthouse Board, is built on top of a small headland on the south coast of the Moray Firth at Covesea, near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland.
5.6 miSW
Monastery
Kinloss Abbey, Forres
144 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.
0.5 miE
Tower
Burghead Transmitting Station, Burghead
12 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.
0.6 miW
Archaeological site
Burghead Fort, Burghead
15 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.
5.3 miSW
57°39'6"N • 3°35'25"W
Findhorn Bay Holiday Park, Findhorn
135 min walk • Park
5.7 miSW
57°39'46"N • 3°37'11"W
Findhorn Marina, Findhorn
147 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.3 miS
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Roseisle distillery
60 min walk • Roseisle is a distillery of Speyside single malt Scotch whisky, in Roseisle, near Elgin, Morayshire, in the Strathspey region of Scotland. The distillery is owned by multinational drinks company Diageo. The distillery opened in 2010 and is the largest-ever built at 3,000 sq m and a cost of £40million.
5.6 miSW
Village
Kinloss
142 min walk • 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.