Crathes Castle, Banchory

Name: Crathes Castle
Address: Crathes Estate, Banchory, AB31 5QJ, Banchory, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1330 844525

#1 among attractions in Banchory

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture

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Crathes Castle is a 16th-century castle near Banchory in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland. It is in the historic county of Kincardineshire. This harled castle was built by the Burnetts of Leys and was held in that family for almost 400 years. The castle and grounds are owned and managed by the National Trust for Scotland and are open to the public. ()

Alternative names: Built: XVI centuryCoordinates: 57°3'41"N, 2°26'23"W

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Crathes Estate, Banchory, AB31 5QJBanchory United Kingdom

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+44 1330 844525

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Day trips

Crathes Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Scolty Hill, Cairn Mon Earn, Cullerlie stone circle, Lang Stane of Auquhollie.

3.9 miSW
Natural attraction, Forest, Park
Scolty Hill, Banchory
99 min walk • Scolty Hill is a small hill south of the Deeside town, Banchory. Its best known feature is the 20m tall tower monument, built in 1840 as a memorial to General William Burnett who fought alongside Wellington.
4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Mon Earn
109 min walk • Cairn Mon Earn or Cairn-mon-earn is a hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
5.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Cullerlie stone circle
143 min walk • Cullerlie stone circle, also known as the Standing Stones of Echt, is a small stone circle situated near Echt, Aberdeenshire. It consists of eight irregular stones of red granite arranged at approximately equal intervals to form a circle of 10.2 m diameter, enclosing the same number of small cairns.
6.7 miSE
Stela
Lang Stane of Auquhollie
170 min walk • The Lang Stane of Auquhollie is an Ogam-inscribed standing stone some 6 kilometres north-west of Stonehaven in Scotland. Situated on south side of Meikle Carew Hill at a height of about 140 metres above sea level, the stone is approximately 3 metres in height and 0.75 metres in diameter, an unshaped monolith of gneiss.
5.6 miN
Prehistoric site
Sunhoney
144 min walk • Sunhoney is a stone circle of the recumbent type, which is common in the Grampian region, in particular at the River Dee. Sunhoney is situated about 2 km west of Echt in Aberdeenshire, near to the Cullerlie and Midmar stone circles.
1.8 miSW
Forts and castles
Tilquhillie Castle
47 min walk • Tilquhillie Castle is a castle near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. A Category A listed building, the castle formally formed part of the lands of Arbroath Abbey.
2.8 miE
Forts and castles
Durris Castle
72 min walk • Durris Castle or the House of Dores was an early royal residence on the southern bank of the River Dee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The castle controlled the northern end of the Crynes Corse Mounth trackway.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Durris Forest
106 min walk • Durris Forest is a chiefly coniferous forest south of the River Dee approximately three kilometres west of Netherley in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The A957 road forms the southwest boundary of Durris Forest, separating it from Fetteresso Forest. The Durris Forest includes several smaller named woodlands.
5.6 miN
Forts and castles
Midmar Castle
142 min walk • Midmar Castle is a 16th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located 12 kilometres west of Westhill and 3.5 kilometres west of Echt.