Burghead
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| Burghead | |
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| OS grid reference: | NJ115695 |
| Statistics | |
| Population: | 1640 (Census 2001) |
| Administration | |
| Council area: | Moray |
| Constituent country: | Scotland |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Police force: | Grampian |
| Lieutenancy area: | Moray |
| Former county: | Moray |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | Elgin |
| Postal district: | IV30 |
| Dialling code: | 01343 |
| Politics | |
| Scottish Parliament: | Moray |
| UK Parliament: | Moray |
| European Parliament: | Scotland |
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Burghead (Scottish Gaelic: Tòrr an Dùin or Ceann Bhuirgh) is a burgh in Moray, Scotland and a former fishing and trading port. The present town was built between 1805 and 1809 destroying in the process more than half of the site of an important Pictish hill fort. General Roy’s map shows the defences as they existed in the 18th century but he wrongly attributed them to being Roman . The fort was probably a major Pictish centre and was where the carved slabs depicting bulls had been found; they are known as the Burghead Bulls. A chambered well of some considerable antiquity was discovered in 1808.
Near Burghead there is a large radio transmitter owned by National Grid Wireless used for Long Wave and Medium Wave broadcasting, the Burghead transmitting station.
[edit] The chambered well
[edit] External links
- Census data
- grid reference NJ115695
- Panorama from Burghead Pier (QuickTime required)
