Dracula Castle Could Rise From Grave As Holiday Flats; Community Split Over Plans for Ruin That Inspired Stoker

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NEW life is to be breathed into the ruin of the spectacular clifftop castle that provided some of the inspiration for Bram Stoker's chilling tale Dracula.

For almost a century Slains Castle, on the rugged Buchan coastline near Cruden Bay, has been a ruin. But proposals to resurrect it by turning it into 35 holiday apartments have driven a stake through the heart of the local community.

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Dracula Castle Could Rise From Grave As Holiday Flats; Community Split Over Plans for Ruin That Inspired Stoker

While some have likened the development to "building holiday apartments into the Colosseum or the Parthenon", others have welcomed the fact the valuable tourist attra...

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