Findhorn Bay Moray. XPL 3416-334
Both the villages of Kinloss and Findhorn have very rich histories. The history of Findhorn has been researched back to the Neolithic period and provides a facinating insight into the life and times of an ever changing community in the North of Scotland. The history of Kinloss is based around the Cistercian Abbey that was established in 1150AD. The Abbey provided the foundation for the modern Scottish education system and founded Edinburgh UniversityBut history has shown the location can also have its dangers. A village is referred to here as early as 1189. But the precise location has moved over time. Storms in the 1600s led to the original village being buried by sand dunes; and the replacement village was lost to floods in 1701. What you see today is Findhorn's third incarnation. The village's growth owes much to Findhorn Bay. This is a narrow-mouthed inlet that stretches some two miles south from the sea and opens out to a maximum width of around two miles once inland of the dunes and immediate coastal zone. Much of the southern part of it is exposed as mud flats at low tide, and the area is a haven for birds, and for ornithologists. Findhorn was for a time an important commercial and fishing port with a thriving shipbuilding industry, complete with trading links with Baltic and Scandinavian ports. Today much of the village's life still revolves around the bay, though now as one of the major sailing and watersports centres along this stretch of coast. It is also home to the Royal Findhorn Sailing Club. It is only a short walk through the marram grass and low sand dunes from the village to Findhorn's wonderful beach. To the west this extends only as far as the mouth of Findhorn Bay. But to the east it extends for seven miles of wide inviting sands. But there's more to Findhorn than an attractive village, a lovely bay and a superb beach. Internationally, it is perhaps best known as the home of the Findhorn Foundation. This is a community based on spiritual val
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