This is a list of castles in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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 Slight remains 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 King 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 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 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 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 HuntlyProbably on site of the present Newton House Cushnie Castle Unknown 16th century Slight remains South west of AlfordSucceeded 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 and Jacobean mansion with additions 13th and 17th century with 19th century additions Preserved NTS Drumoak 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 Dumbreck CastleEllonEaster Clune CastleTower HouseNear 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 Foveran CastleUnknown12th or 13th centuryCollapsed 1720Clan ForbesSoutheast of Ellon Fordyce Castle L-plan castle 1592 Private residence Fordyce 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 north of InverurieReplaced 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 Hatton Castle Castellated mansion 1814 but incorporates earlier structure Occupied as a residence Private Turriff Gairnieston CastleNo remainsGartly CastleKeep15th centuryNo remainsNear 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 Inverey Castle Laird's house 17th century Ruined Deeside Inverugie Castle Motte and bailey 12th century Ruined Inverugie Kemnay House L-Plan Castle, altered 17th century Occupied 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 KinordMay be known as Loch Kinord CastleCoventry, Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. p.242 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 Lesmoir Castle Courtyard castle 16th century Ruined Rhynie 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 CastleMotte?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 Pitfichie CastleAn intermediate link between a simple oblong tower and a fully developed Z plan.Around 1564A former ruin and restored in the 1970s/1980s, it is known in use as a private residencePrivateMonymusk, near Inverurie 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 Tillyhilt Castle Traces Tarves Tolquhon Castle Courtyard castle 1589 Ruined Historic Scotland Pitmedden Turriff Castle Site Turriff Udny Castle Tower house 14-15th century Private North east of Udny Green Wardhill Castle Wardhouse Castle Tower house 13th century Traces Waterton Castle Tower house 16th century Ruined Westhall Castle L-plan tower house 16th century Private Insch
See also Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Aberdeenshire
Notes
References Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press