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View of Banff across the mouth of the River
Deveron - Photo:
Anne Burgess
CCL |
This picturesque
and mostly
Georgian resort
boasting miles
of beaches sits
at the mouth of
the River
Deverton on the
Moray Firth.
Made a royal
burgh in 1372 by
Robert 11, it
prospered in the
18th century
once it had
acquired a
harbour. Its
castle was built
in the mid-18th
century but
Banff’s most
famous building
is restored Duff
House. Completed
in 1740 and
built by William
Adam, it is now
a satellite of
the National
Galleries of
Scotland. The
Biggar Fountain
stands on the
site of a
gallows where,
in 1701, a local
outlaw went to
his death
playing the
fiddle. |
