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Looking south across the sand dunes at Rattray Head

Rattray Head (listen),[1] historically Rattray Point, is a headland in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, on the north-east coast Scotland. To north lies Strathbeg Bay and Rattray Bay is to its south. The dunes at Rattray Head beach can be up to 75 feet (23 m) high and stretch 17 miles (27 km) from St Combs to Peterhead.[2][3]

  1. ^ "The Online Scots Dictionary". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Rattray Head Travel Guide". World 66. Retrieved 6 July 2007.
  3. ^ Stanley Bruce (2005). The Bard O' Buchan Vol 1'. Bard Books. ISBN 0-9547960-2-0.

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