Midmar Castle

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Midmar Castle is a 16th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located 12 kilometres west of Westhill and 3.5 kilometres west of Echt. The castle was built for George Gordon of Midmar and Abergeldie between 1565 and 1575, and was constructed by the stonemason and architect George Bell. The castle is protected as a category A listed building. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°8'14"N, 2°29'23"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Crathes Castle, Castle Fraser, Cullerlie stone circle, Loch of Skene.

5.6 miS
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Crathes Castle, Banchory
142 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.
4.7 miN
Architecture, Historical place, Forts and castles
Castle Fraser, Inverurie
120 min walk • Castle Fraser is the most elaborate Z-plan castle in Scotland and one of the grandest 'Castles of Mar'. It is located near Kemnay in the Aberdeenshire region of Scotland. The castle stands in over 300 acres of landscaped grounds, woodland and farmland which includes a walled kitchen garden of the 19th century.
5 miE
Archaeological site
Cullerlie stone circle
128 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.
5.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Skene, Westhill
132 min walk • Loch of Skene is a large lowland, freshwater loch in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It lies approximately 1 mi to the west of the village of Kirkton of Skene and 9 mi west of Aberdeen.
0.8 miNE
Prehistoric site
Sunhoney
20 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.
4.3 miN
Forts and castles
Cluny Castle, Monymusk
109 min walk • Cluny Castle was originally built c.1604 as a Z-plan castle replacing either a house or small peel tower. Sited in the parish of Cluny, it is south of Monymusk and north of Sauchen in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland.
7 miSE
Forts and castles
Durris Castle
179 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.
4.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Tillycairn Castle, Monymusk
117 min walk • Tillycairn Castle is an L-plan castle, dating from the 16th century, standing on high ground around 2.0 miles south-east of Cluny in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
5.4 miSW
Village
Torphins
139 min walk • Torphins is a village in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland which lies about 22 miles west of Aberdeen. It is situated on the A980, about 7 miles north-west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of Scotland Railway.