Rattray Castle (1)
I am now at Old Rattray, which is on the north-east coast of Aberdeenshire, roughly half way between Peterhead and Fraserburgh.  Rattray Head lighthouse is visible, over towards the right of the photo.  It stands slightly offshore, possibly because the sand dunes along this wild and windy stretch of coast have been known to inundate entire villages in the past.  Left of the lighthouse there is an old and disused coastguard lookout and a line of ruined coastguard cottages.  

The brackish looking water on the left is the southern end of Loch Strathbeg and the farm just showing on the right, is Old Rattray Farm.  In the field just left of the farm, there is a late 12th or early 13th century castle motte hill.

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