Burghead

Open to visitorsa Historic Environment Scotland site — many are free to wander; staffed ones charge and keep set hours

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Burghead is a hillfort in Moray. It is the only hillfort the Albion Guide charts in the county. It is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland.

Forres Station is 12.8 km away to the south-west. The nearest other hillfort is Sueno's Stone, 11.4 km to the south-west.

More places to visit near Burghead

Headland site of a great Pictish fort, with an early rock-cut well and sweeping Moray Firth views.

here

Sheltered sandy beach lined with brightly painted wooden bathing huts, near the sandstone Clashach caves.

4 km E

Miles of pale sand and dunes at the mouth of Findhorn Bay, good for seals, seabirds and dolphins.

8.4 km SW

Large tidal basin near Forres important for wintering wildfowl and waders, with hides and shore paths.

8.9 km SW

White-and-black 1846 Stevenson lighthouse above the skerries between Lossiemouth and Hopeman, open for visits.

9.8 km E

Cathedral city and county town of Moray, laid out on a long medieval high street.

12.4 km SE · Moray