Durris Castle

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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. ()

Demolished: XVII centuryCoordinates: 57°3'43"N, 2°21'54"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Crathes Castle, Cairn Mon Earn, Cullerlie stone circle, Deeside Way.

2.8 miW
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Crathes Castle, Banchory
72 min walk • 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.
3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cairn Mon Earn
78 min walk • Cairn Mon Earn or Cairn-mon-earn is a hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
4.6 miN
Archaeological site
Cullerlie stone circle
119 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.
6.1 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Deeside Way, Aberdeen
155 min walk • The Deeside Way is a 41-mile rail trail that follows, in part, the bed of the former Deeside Railway in Aberdeenshire. Forming part of the National Cycle Network the trail leads from Aberdeen to Ballater.
4.6 miSE
Stela
Lang Stane of Auquhollie
118 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.
5.3 miE
Amusement, Amusement park
Storybook Glen, Aberdeen
135 min walk • The Den and the Glen is a children's park in Maryculter, Scotland, near the city of Aberdeen. It is best known for its disformed and off-looking models of various fairytale characters, as well as some more modern characters such as Shrek and Postman Pat.
6.8 miNW
Prehistoric site
Sunhoney
173 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.
3.5 miNE
Archaeological site
Normandykes, Aberdeen
89 min walk • Normandykes is the site of a Roman marching camp 1 mile to the southwest of Peterculter, City of Aberdeen, Scotland. The near-rectangular site, measuring approximately 860 by 510 metres, covers about 106 acres of the summit and eastern slopes of a hill overlooking the River Dee and the B9077 road further south.
5.6 miSE
Archaeological site
Raedykes
144 min walk • Raedykes is the site of a Roman marching camp located just over three miles northwest of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. National Grid Reference NO 842902. It is designated as a scheduled monument.
4.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Meikle Carewe Hill
108 min walk • Meikle Carewe Hill is a landform in Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. The peak elevation of this mountain is 266 metres above mean sea level.
3.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Tilquhillie Castle
101 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.