Burghead

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Pictish carved stones Pictish promontory fort annual fire festival ritual well settlement town

Burghead is a coastal town in northern Scotland known for its historic Pictish fort remains and fishing heritage.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Burghead Fort	0
Burghead Burning of the Clavie	0
Burghead Bulls	0
Burghead Well	0
Burghead Pictish fort site	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Pictish carved stones ⓘ Pictish promontory fort ⓘ annual fire festival ⓘ ritual well ⓘ settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeUnit	civil parish of Duffus ⓘ
climate	temperate maritime climate ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
culture	Pictish ⓘ
foundIn	Burghead Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Pictish carved stones (Burghead Bulls) ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fish processing (historically) ⓘ inshore fishing ⓘ
hasEvent	Burghead Burning of the Clavie NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature	harbour ⓘ headland ⓘ sandy beach nearby ⓘ
hasHeritage	fishing ⓘ
hasIndustry	fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement	Elgin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lossiemouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRelief	cliffed coastline ⓘ
hasStructure	Burghead Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ Burghead Well NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransport	bus services to Elgin ⓘ
hasWildlife	bottlenose dolphins in Moray Firth ⓘ
heldIn	Burghead NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldOn	11 January (Old New Year) or nearest date ⓘ
historicalCulture	Pictish ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
knownFor	Pictish fort remains ⓘ coastal scenery ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Burghead NERFINISHED ⓘ Burghead NERFINISHED ⓘ Moray NERFINISHED ⓘ council area of Moray ⓘ northern Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Moray Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks	Burghead Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Moray Firth NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Highlands and Islands (Scotland) NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalArea	IV30 ⓘ
region	north-east Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	BST (UTC+01:00) in summer ⓘ UTC±00:00 ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pictish art → associatedSite → Burghead ⓘ

Moray, Scotland → containsHistoricSite → Burghead ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burghead Pictish fort site

Moray, Scotland → containsSettlement → Burghead ⓘ