Fordyce Attractions 
Some 2mi/3km to the southwest of Portsoy, the picturesque village of Fordyce was voted Scottish village of the year in 1990. The highlight of the main street is an L-shaped castle in Scottish baronial style (16th century) with small corner towers and pretty stepped gables. Craftsmen and women can be seen at work in the Visitor Center.
Cullen House
Sir Walter Ogilvie of Deskford whose tombstone stands in the old church nearby had the L-shaped Cullen House built in 1660. A little later Robert Adam and then David Bryce (1861) extended the property quite considerably. Robert Adam and Grinling Gibbons designed the elegant interior. Once the seat of the earls of Seafield, the house has been closed since 1975.
