Template:GBthumb Findlater Castle sits in a romantic position on a cliff overlooking the North Sea on the coast of what was Banffshire, Scotland. It is now in Aberdeenshire and lies about 15 km west of Banff, near the village of Sandend between Cullen and Portsoy. The cliffs at this point contain quartz, hence the name which derives the Norse words fyn - white and leitr - cliff.
The first historical reference to the castle is in 1246. King Alexander III of Scotland in the 1260s mentions repairing this castle in preparation for an invasion by King Håkon of Norway. The Vikings took and held the castle for some time. The castle remains that are still there are a rebuild based on the Roslyn Castle design and date from the end of the 14th century.