List of castles in Aberdeenshire
This is a list of castles in Aberdeenshire.
List
| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abergeldie Castle | Tower house | About 1550 | Preserved | Gordon family | Near Crathie NO 2870 9528 | Leased to the Royal Family 1848–1970 |  | |
| Auchenhove Castle | 16th century | Slight remains | AboyneNJ 55438 02455 |  | ||||
| Banff Castle | Unknown | 12th century | No remains | N/A | Banff NJ 68936 64201 |  | ||
| Balmoral Castle | Baronial house | 1856 | In use as a residence | Private residence of The Queen[1] | Royal Deeside NO254950 | On the site of a 15th-century castle |  | |
| Balquhain Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruined | Private | West of Inverurie NJ7315923603 | Visited by Mary, Queen of Scots |  | |
| Birse Castle | Baronial house | 1911 | Restored as a residence | Private | Forest of Birse NO520906 | Rebuilt 1911 |  | |
| Bognie Castle | Tower house | 1660s | Ruined | Private | Huntly NJ595450 | Also known as Conzie Castle |  | |
| Braemar Castle | Tower house | 17th century | Preserved | Owned by the Farquharsons of Invercauld and managed by Braemar Community Ltd.[2] | Braemar NO155923 |  | ||
| Cairnbulg Castle | Z-plan tower house | 14th century | In use as a residence | Lady Saltoun | Cairnbulg NK015639 | Restored in the 19th century. Also known as Philorth Castle. One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle. |  | |
| Cluny Castle | Z-plan castle | c. 1604 | In use as a residence | Private | South of Monymusk NJ6943412038 |  | ||
| Cluny Crichton Castle | Tower house | 1666 | Ruined | North of Banchory |  | |||
| Cobairdy Castle | Tower house | 16th century | No remains | North east of Huntly | ||||
| Corgarff Castle | Tower house | c. 1550 | Preserved | Historic Scotland | Strathdon NJ254086 |  | ||
| Corse Castle | L and Z-plan castle | 16th century | Ruined | Lumphanan |  | |||
| Corsindae House | L and U-plan castle | 16th century | Occupied | North of Banchory | ||||
| Coull Castle | 13th century | Slight remains | Coull, near Aboyne |  | ||||
| Craigievar Castle | Tower house | 1626 | Preserved | NTS | Alford NJ556093 | decorative plasterwork |  | |
| Craigston Castle | Tower house | 1607 | In use as a residence | Private | Turriff NJ762550 |  | ||
| Crathes Castle | Tower house | 1596 | Preserved | NTS | Banchory NO735967 | painted ceilings |  | |
| Culsalmond | Unknown | 16th century | Site | South east of Huntly | Probably on site of the present Newton House | |||
| Cushnie Castle | Unknown | 16th century | Slight remains | South west of Alford | Succeeded by Cushnie Lodge | |||
| Daugh Castle | Probably wooden structure | Site | North of Huntly | |||||
| Dee Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Site | Glenmuick | ||||
| Delgatie Castle | Tower house | 1579 | Preserved | Delgatie Castle Trust | Turriff NJ754505 | painted ceilings |  | |
| Dorlaithers Castle | Unknown | Unknown | Site | Near Turriff | ||||
| Drum Castle | Tower house and Jacobean mansion with additions | 13th and 17th century with 19th century additions | Preserved | NTS | Drumoak NJ796005 | Tower built as a royal hunting lodge c.1286, extended in 1323. Jacobean mansion completed in 1619. |  | |
| Drumtochty Castle | Castellated house | 1812 | Occupied | Private | Auchenblae NO699800 |  | ||
| Dumbreck Castle | Ellon | |||||||
| Easter Clune Castle | Tower House | Near Banchory | ||||||
| Dundarg Castle | 14th century, rebuilt 16th century | Ruined | Private | New Aberdour NJ895648 | One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle |  | ||
| Dunnideer Castle | Tower house | c. 1260 | Ruined | Private | Insch NJ613282 |  | ||
| Dunnottar Castle | Courtyard castle | 16th century | Ruined | Private | Stonehaven NO880838 |  | ||
| Eden Castle | Z-plan tower house | 1577 | Ruined | Private | Banff NJ697587 |  | ||
| Esslemont Castle | Tower house | 14th century or earlier | Ruined | Private | Ellon NJ932298 |  | ||
| Fasque Castle | Baronial house | 1809 | Occupied | Private | Fettercairn NO648756 |  | ||
| Fedderate Castle | L-plan tower house | 1257 | Ruined | Near New Deer | ||||
| Fetteresso Castle | Castellated house | 1761 | Occupied as flats | Private | Stonehaven NO841855 | Originally a 14th-century tower house |  | |
| Findlater Castle | Courtyard castle | 14th century | Ruined | Private | Sandend NJ540671 |  | ||
| Foveran Castle | Unknown | 12th or 13th century | Collapsed 1720 | Clan Forbes | Southeast of Ellon | |||
| Fordyce Castle | L-plan castle | 1592 | Private residence | Fordyce NJ555637 | ||||
| Castle Forbes | Castellated house | 1815 | Occupied as a residence | Chief of Clan Forbes | Alford NJ621191 |  | ||
| Castle Fraser | Z-plan tower house | 1636 | Preserved | NTS | Inverurie NJ722125 |  | ||
| Freefield Castle | Unknown | Unknown; existed 1654 | Site | 11.5 miles (18.5 km) north of Inverurie57°22′13″N 2°32′20″W / 57.3703°N 2.5388°W | Replaced by Freefield House | |||
| Fyvie Castle | Tower house | 13th century with additions | Preserved | NTS | Fyvie NJ763393 | Most of the current structure (including the beautiful gatehouse) dates to the late 14th through late 16th century |  | |
| Harthill Castle | Castellated mansion | 17th century, restored | Occupied as a residence | Private | Near Inverurie 57°18′56″N 2°31′17″W / 57.3156°N 2.5214°W | .jpg) | ||
| Hatton Castle | Castellated mansion | 1814 but incorporates earlier structure | Occupied as a residence | Private | Turriff NJ7561646950 |  | ||
| Gairnieston Castle | No remains | NJ 7344 5509 | ||||||
| Gartly Castle | Keep | 15th century | No remains | Near Gartly 57.3897°N 2.7770°W | ||||
| Glenbuchat Castle | Z-plan tower house | 1590 | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Kildrummy NJ397148 |  | ||
| Huntly Castle | L-plan tower house | 15th to 17th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Huntly NJ532408 | decorative plasterwork |  | |
| Inchdrewer Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Private | South-west of Banff NJ6550560672 |  | ||
| Inverallochy Castle | Courtyard castle | 13th century | Ruined | Inverallochy NK040628 | One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle |  | ||
| Invercauld Castle | Baronial house | 18th century | In use as accommodation | Private | Royal Deeside NO173924 |  | ||
| Inverey Castle | Laird's house | 17th century | Ruined | Deeside 56°59′08″N 3°30′05″W / 56.985658°N 3.501474°W | ||||
| Inverugie Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | Ruined | Inverugie NK102482 | .jpg) | |||
| Kemnay House | L-Plan Castle, altered | 17th century | Occupied | 57°13′40″N 2°26′32″W / 57.22784865°N 2.442272462°W | .jpg) | |||
| Kildrummy Castle | Castle of enceinte | Mid to late 13th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Kildrummy NJ451165 |  | ||
| Kincardine Castle | Baronial house | 19th century | In use as a residence | Private | Royal Deeside NN928093 | 14th century ruin nearby |  | |
| Kindrochit Castle | Keep | 14th century | Ruined | Braemar NO151913 | Founded by Malcolm Canmore in 1059 |  | ||
| Kinnaird Castle | Tower house | 1570 | In use as a lighthouse | Northern Lighthouse Board | Fraserburgh NJ998675 | Now the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, one of the Nine Castles of Knuckle | _and_the_Wine_Tower.jpg) | |
| Kinnairdy Castle | Tower house | 14th and 16th centuries | In use as accommodation | Private | Aberchirder NJ609497 |  | ||
| Kinord Castle | 14th century | Ruined | Loch Kinord | May be known as Loch Kinord Castle[3] | ||||
| Knock Castle | Tower house | Around 1600 | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Ballater NO352951 |  | ||
| Knockhall Castle | Tower house | 1565 | Ruined | Near Newburgh, Aberdeenshire |  | |||
| Lauriston Castle | Courtyard castle with later additions | 13th century | Still used as a residence | Private | St Cyrus NO761666 |  | ||
| Leslie Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Restored as a residence | Private | Leslie, Auchleven NJ599248 |  | ||
| Lesmoir Castle | Courtyard castle | 16th century | Ruined | Rhynie NJ47072806 | ||||
| Lonmay Castle | Motte? | Before 1720 | No remains | N/A | Crimond NK061608 | One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle | ||
| Migvie Castle | Enclosure castle | 13th century | Slight remains | Tarland | ||||
| Muchalls Castle | L-plan tower house | 13th and 17th century | In use | House of Burnett | Muchalls NO892918 |  | ||
| Castle Newe | Z-plan tower house | 1831 | No remains | N/A | Strathdon NJ378122 | Incorporates a tower from 1604 | ||
| Castle of Park | Z-plan tower house incorporated in later building | In use as a residence | Private | Cornhill NJ588571 | .jpg) | |||
| Peill Castle | Motte? | Before 1650 | Replaced by Leith Hall | NTS | Near Kennethmont, in Aberdeenshire | Alternative names: Leithhall; Peilside |  | |
| Pitsligo Castle | Keep | 1424 | Ruined | Rosehearty NJ937670 | Also known as Pitsligo Palace, one of the Nine Castles of Knuckle |  | ||
| Pitfichie Castle | An intermediate link between a simple oblong tower and a fully developed Z plan. | Around 1564 | A former ruin and restored in the 1970s/1980s, it is known in use as a private residence | Private | Monymusk, near Inverurie | |||
| Pittulie Castle | 16th century | Ruined | Rosehearty NJ944670 | One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle |  | |||
| Castle of Rattray | Motte | From 12th century | No remains | N/A | Rattray NK088578 | One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle | ||
| Ravenscraig Castle | L-plan tower house | 15th century | Ruined | Inverugie NK095487 |  | |||
| Slains Castle | Tower house, rebuilt as castellated house | 1597, rebuilt 1837 | Ruined | Private | Cruden Bay NK101361 | "New" Slains Castle |  | |
| Slains Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Ruined | Collieston NK052300 | "Old" Slains Castle, destroyed 1594 |  | ||
| Terpersie Castle | Z-plan tower house | 1561 | Restored | Private | Alford NJ546202 |  | ||
| Tillyhilt Castle | Traces | Tarves NJ85423180 | ||||||
| Tolquhon Castle | Courtyard castle | 1589 | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Pitmedden NJ872286 |  | ||
| Turriff Castle | Site | Turriff NJ72154996 | ||||||
| Udny Castle | Tower house | 14-15th century | Private | North east of Udny Green NJ882268 |  | |||
| Wardhill Castle | ||||||||
| Wardhouse Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Traces | NJ59302888 | ||||
| Waterton Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NJ97293033 | ||||
| Westhall Castle | L-plan tower house | 16th century | Private | Insch NJ673266 |  |
See also
Notes
- ^ "Balmoral Castle". Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. The Estate is owned and funded by Her Majesty The Queen, personally rather than as Sovereign.
- ^ "Braemar Castle". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ Coventry, Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. ISBN 1-899874-10-0 p.242
References
- Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
- Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
- Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press
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