Tourist attractions Alford

The vast ruins of this castle with an interior courtyard, the most northern in Scotland, is, with Bothwell and Dirleton, one of the largest castles from the 13C. Its defences are unusual, with a keep (of French design) and guardroom (English design)...

Castle Fraser is one of the grander Castles of Mar and is a marvellous illustration of defensive constructions of this period (1560-1636). Although in the form of a traditional tower house, the builders (the Bells and the Leipers ) gave it a numbe..

The main section of this museum covers the history of transport (automobiles, cycles and horse-drawn vehicles) in the North East. Notable exhibits include one of the first bicycles, known as a "sociable safety cycle" (although it was not ..

The station has now been turned into a small museum, illustrating the arrival of the railway in the area and its effects on rural Donside in the 19C. Steam and diesel engines run between the terminal and the Haughton regional park.

The prehistory park extends for 16 ha, including Berryhill fort , an Iron Age site, taking visitors back to the time of the first inhabitants of the county of Aberdeen. A Gallery with interactive presentations illustrates the primitive legends and..

For more than three centuries, Leith Hall was the residence of the Leith family. The development of the house reflects the history of the family, as in many Scottish family dwellings. Built in 1650, the original stronghouse now makes up the north w..

The reconstituted stone is carved with a crescent, broken lines in a V and Z shape and a snake. On the lower part of one of the two sides is a script in Ogham, the writing used in the times of the Celts.