Banff and Buchan

Visit Banff and Buchan, Scotland. Land of barren hillsides, glorious beaches, beautiful valleys, magnificent châteaux, planned towns, ancient kirks, remote graveyards, castles, and cliff-bottom fishing villages like Crovie and Pennan. This 'cold shoulder of Scotland', under some of the clearest skies in Europe, contains a surprising quantity of architectural wealth; and it is through the architecture of Banff and Buchan that the hidden treasures and character of this once-private principality is explored. All is dominated by Royal and Ancient Banff, on its steep hillside above the Deveron estuary, with its immense wealth of historic buildings and magnificent views.

Banff and Buchan is the land of the bothy ballad, of fishermen, of hard toil and wealthy lairds. It is the land of the gruesome Gordons of Gight, the dashing Earls Marischal of Scotland, the entrepreneurial Frasers of Philorth, and the romantic Jacobite Lords Pitsligo. Banff and Buchan: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (Architectural guides to Scotland).