Kilmarnock Arms Hotel in Cruden Bay

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The photograph on this page of Kilmarnock Arms Hotel in Cruden Bay by C Michael Hogan as part of the Geograph project.

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Kilmarnock Arms Hotel in Cruden Bay

Image: © C Michael Hogan Taken: 6 Aug 2006

This is the place where novelist Bram Stoker stayed, when he wrote the novel on Count Dracula, inspired by the nearby atmospheric setting of the ruined Slains Castle. I inspected the hotel guest register from the year 1894 and found the author's original signature.

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Image Location

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Latitude
57.417163
Longitude
-1.850988