List of castles in Aberdeenshire facts for kids

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	Leased to the Royal Family 1848–1970
Auchenhove Castle		16th century	Ruined		Aboyne
Banff Castle	Unknown	12th century	No remains	N/A	Banff
Balmoral Castle	Baronial house	1856	In use as a residence	Private residence of The Queen	Royal Deeside	On the site of a 15th-century castle
Balquhain Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruined	Private	West of Inverurie	Visited by Mary, Queen of Scots
Birse Castle	Baronial house	1911	Restored as a residence	Private	Forest of Birse	Rebuilt 1911
Bognie Castle	Tower house	1660s	Ruined	Private	Huntly	Also known as Conzie Castle
Braemar Castle	Tower house	17th century	Preserved	Owned by the Farquharsons of Invercauld and managed by Braemar Community Ltd.	Braemar
Cairnbulg Castle	Z-plan tower house	14th century	In use as a residence	Lady Saltoun	Cairnbulg	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
Cobairdy Castle	Tower house	16th century	No remains		North east of Huntly
Corgarff Castle	Tower house	c. 1550	Preserved	Historic Scotland	Strathdon
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	Ruined		Coull, near Aboyne
Craigievar Castle	Tower house	1626	Preserved	NTS	Alford	decorative plasterwork
Craigston Castle	Tower house	1607	In use as a residence	Private	Turriff
Crathes Castle	Tower house	1596	Preserved	NTS	Banchory	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	painted ceilings
Dorlaithers Castle	Unknown	Unknown	Site		Near Turriff
Drum Castle	Tower house with additions	13th century, 16th century	Preserved	NTS	Drumoak
Drumtochty Castle	Castellated house	1812	Occupied	Private	Auchenblae
Dumbreck Castle					Ellon
Easter Clune Castle	Tower House				Near Banchory
Dundarg Castle		14th century, rebuilt 16th century	Ruined	Private	New Aberdour	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Dunnideer Castle	Tower house	c. 1260	Ruined	Private	Insch
Dunnottar Castle	Courtyard castle	16th century	Ruined	Private	Stonehaven
Eden Castle	Z-plan tower house	1577	Ruined	Private	Banff
Esslemont Castle	Tower house	14th century or earlier	Ruined	Private	Ellon
Fasque Castle	Baronial house	1809	Occupied	Private	Fettercairn
Fedderate Castle	L-plan tower house	1257	Ruined		Near New Deer
Fetteresso Castle	Castellated house	1761	Occupied as flats	Private	Stonehaven	Originally a 14th-century tower house
Findlater Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Ruined	Private	Sandend
Castle Forbes	Castellated house	1815	Occupied as a residence	Chief of Clan Forbes	Alford
Castle Fraser	Z-plan tower house	1636	Preserved	NTS	Inverurie
Freefield Castle	Unknown	Unknown; existed 1654	Site		11.5 miles (18.5 km) north of Inverurie57.3703°N 2.5388°W / 57.3703; -2.5388	Replaced by Freefield House
Fyvie Castle	Tower house	13th century with additions	Preserved	NTS	Fyvie	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 57.3156°N 2.5214°W / 57.3156; -2.5214
Hatton Castle	Castellated mansion	1814 but incorporates earlier structure	Occupied as a residence	Private	Turriff
Gairnieston Castle			No remains
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
Huntly Castle	L-plan tower house	15th to 17th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Huntly	decorative plasterwork
Inchdrewer Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	South-west of Banff
Inverallochy Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined		Inverallochy	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Invercauld Castle	Baronial house	18th century	In use as accommodation	Private	Royal Deeside
Inverugie Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Ruined		Inverugie
Kildrummy Castle	Castle of enceinte	Mid to late 13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Kildrummy
Kincardine Castle	Baronial house	19th century	In use as a residence	Private	Royal Deeside	14th century ruin nearby
Kindrochit Castle	Keep	14th century	Ruined		Braemar	Founded by Malcolm Canmore in 1059
Kinnaird Castle	Tower house	1570	In use as a lighthouse	Northern Lighthouse Board	Fraserburgh	Now the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, one of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Kinnairdy Castle	Tower house	14th and 16th centuries	In use as accommodation	Private	Aberchirder
Kinord Castle		14th century	Ruined		Loch Kinord	May be known as Loch Kinord Castle
Knock Castle	Tower house	Around 1600	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Ballater
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
Leslie Castle	Tower house	14th century	Restored as a residence	Private	Leslie, Auchleven
Lonmay Castle	Motte?	Before 1720	No remains	N/A	Crimond	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
Castle Newe	Z-plan tower house	1831	No remains	N/A	Strathdon	Incorporates a tower from 1604
Castle of Park	Z-plan tower house incorporated in later building		In use as a residence	Private	Cornhill
Peill Castle	Motte?	Before 1650	Replaced by Leith Hall	NTS	Near Kennethmont, in Aberdeenshire	Alternative names: Leithhall; Peilside
Pitsligo Castle	Keep	1424	Ruined		Rosehearty	Also known as Pitsligo Palace, one of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Pittulie Castle		16th century	Ruined		Rosehearty	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Castle of Rattray	Motte	From 12th century	No remains	N/A	Rattray	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Ravenscraig Castle	L-plan tower house	15th century	Ruined		Inverugie
Slains Castle	Tower house, rebuilt as castellated house	1597, rebuilt 1837	Ruined	Private	Cruden Bay	"New" Slains Castle
Slains Castle	Tower house	13th century	Ruined		Collieston	"Old" Slains Castle, destroyed 1594
Terpersie Castle	Z-plan tower house	1561	Restored	Private	Alford
Tolquhon Castle	Courtyard castle	1589	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Pitmedden
Udny Castle	Tower house	14-15th century		Private	North east of Udny Green
Westhall Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century		Private	Insch