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Birse castle is situated in the ancient forest of Birse and was restored in the early twentieth century from a ruin.
Photograph by Colin Smith. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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Birse Castle
Photograph by Colin Smith. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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BIRSE CASTLE FACTS
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Location
near Aboyne, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire
Description
Birse Castle is located in the Forest of Birse, Aberdeenshire. The original structure was a square three-storey tower house with turrets and a corbelled circular tower at the south east The castle is a B-listed historic site. The building is owned by Viscount Cowdry, Dunecht House, Dunecht, Aberdeen.
Architecture
originally tower house, rebuilt as L-plan
History
Birse Castle was built about 1600 for the Gordons of Cluny. When the Gordons built Birse Castle, they encroached upon The Forest of Birse, which consisted of about 24 farms. Eighteen of these were owned by the Gordons, but the owners of the other six farms did not take too kindly to the Gordons intrusion and burned down the castle about 1640 .The castle was a ruin by 1887, but restoration started in 1905. In 1930 a three-storey wing was added.
Date
17th century
Other Castles in the Area
Abergeldie Castle
Balfluig Castle
Balmoral Castle
Castle Fraser
Cluny Castle
Corgarff Castle
Craigievar Castle
Crathes Castle
Drum Castle
Edzell Castle
Forbes Castle
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