Pit caple
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Pitcaple Scottish Gaelic Baile Chapaill |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 19 ′ N , 2 ° 28 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | INVERURIE | ||
| ZIP code section | AB51 | ||
| prefix | 01467 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Aberdeenshire | ||
| British Parliament | Gordon | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Aberdeenshire East | ||
Pitcaple ( Gaelic : Baile Chapaill ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Aberdeenshire . It is located on the south bank of the Urie River about six kilometers northwest of Inverurie and 23 kilometers southeast of Huntly . The A96 runs through Pitcaple and connects the village to the trunk road network. The Great North of Scotland Railway opened a station in Pitcaple in 1854, but it closed in the 1960s.
history
Pitcaple Castle was built north of Pitcaple in 1457 . In the following decades the kings James IV and Charles II as well as Queen Maria Stuart visited the castle. On the way to his execution in Edinburgh , James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, was imprisoned at Pitcaple Castle for some time. After the castle fell into disuse for a few decades, William Burn restored it in the 1830s. Today the building is listed as a monument in the highest Scottish monument category A.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ RVJ Butt: The Directory of Railway Stations , 1st edition, 1995, Patrick Stephens, p 186. ISBN 1-852-60508-1
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .