Tilquhillie Castle is a castle near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building.
The castle formerly formed part of the lands of Arbroath Abbey. The castle was built in 1576 by John Douglas of Tilquhillie and his wife Gelis Erskine, a daughter of John Erskine of Dun.James Home, History of the family of Douglass of Tilwhilly, or Tilliqhuilly (Bath, n. d.), p. 11.
The Historic Environment Scotland listed-building report from 1972 described the castle as follows:
The castle was subsequently restored with modern amenities. The novelist and travel writer Norman Douglas spent part of his childhood at Tilquhillie Castle, the home of his paternal ancestors.
See also Restoration of castles in Scotland
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