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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. |
