Peterhead

Peterhead is a fishing port in Aberdeenshire, to the north of Aberdeen; the town was founded in 1587 and is the most easterly settlement on the Scottish mainland.

Nearby Slains Castle dates from the 16th century, but is now a ruin. In 1893 Abraham Bram Stoker wrote Dracula near here and used Slains Castle as a model for the castle of the vampire. Stoker also bought a house in the area, known as Croukit Lum.

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