Abergairn Castle

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Abergairn Castle is a ruined castle about 1.6 km north of Ballater in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire . It stands on top of a single Kame , northeast of the entrance to Glen Gairn .

history

The castle belonged to the Farquharsons . It was built in 1614, possibly as a hunting lodge .

architecture

Abergairn Castle was a residential tower , of which little more than the basement is preserved today. The tower was small, possibly three or four stories high, with an attic .

From the main tower only walls up to a height of 1.2 meters have survived; a round tower northwest of it still reaches 3 meters in height today.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Martin Coventry: The Castles of Scotland . Goblinshead, 1997. ISBN 1-899874-10-0 . P. 48.
  2. ↑ Abergairn Castle . In: The Antiquaries Journal . Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Abergairn Castle . In: Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c Abergairn Castle . In: Canmore . Retrieved January 19, 2017.

Coordinates: 57 ° 3 '47.2 "  N , 3 ° 3' 36.7"  W.