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Forres St. Lawrence is the local cricket club. [42] They are full members in both senior and reserve competitions in the area. [43] Forres Harriers is the local running club with around 80 members. [44] The most famous Harrier is Don Ritchie who at one time held 14 world best times for ultra distance running events ranging from 50 km to 200 km ...
Sign in Carnoustie with its twin town Map of Scotland. This is a list of places in Scotland which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type." [1]
The County of Moray, (Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh [ˈmɤɾʲəv]) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county in Scotland. The county town was Elgin. The historic county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975. Since 1996 most of the historic county's area has been included in the Moray council area.
The area surrounds the River Findhorn and is named after the point at the river where the sheer rock banks are closest. [ 2 ] According to legend, Randolph's Leap was the site of a battle in the 1300s in which Thomas Randolph , later Earl of Moray, was pursuing a Comyn who leaped to the other side and escaped back to his castle. [ 1 ]
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent , Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [ 2 ] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...
Rafford (Scottish Gaelic: Ràthard) is a village [1] in Moray, Scotland. It is approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) southeast of the town of Forres, and 5.5 miles (9 km) northwest of the village of Dallas. The parish church was designed by James Gillespie Graham in 1826. [2]
Brodie Castle is a well-preserved Z-plan tower house located about 3.5 miles (5.5 kilometres) west of Forres, in Moray, Scotland. The castle is a Category A listed building, [1] and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. [2]