skip to main content
Menu
  • Blog
    • Art & design
    • Castles
    • Cycling
    • Edinburgh
    • Edinburgh Festival
    • Food & drink
    • General
    • History
    • Music
    • Sport
    • Walking
    • Whisky
    • Wildlife
  • Castles
    • Glossary
    • Mottes
    • Stay in a castle
    • Castle blog posts
    • Alphabetical list of castles
    • Castles divided by county
    • Photos of castles
    • Castles we've visited
  • History
    • Castles
    • Ancient history
      • barrows
      • brochs
      • cairns
      • caves
      • chambered cairns
      • cists
      • crannogs
      • cursus monuments
      • forts
      • henges
      • rock art
      • sacred sites
      • souterrains
      • standing stones
      • stone circles
    • Pictish history
      • Pictish stones
      • Pictish sites
      • Pictish placenames
    • Clans
      • Surnames
      • Trace your ancestors
      • Tartan
    • Trace your ancestors
  • Culture
    • Music
      • Bands & musicians
      • Music links
    • Film
    • Television
    • Placenames
      • Pictish placenames
  • Eat
  • Drink
    • Scottish beer
    • Scottish gin
    • Scottish vodka
  • Stay
  • Travel guide
    • City guides
    • Car hire
    • Airports
  • Walking
    • Munros
    • West Highland Way
  • Photos
    • ancient sites
      • Dark Age sites
      • megalithic sites
      • other carved stones
      • Pictish sites
      • Roman sites
    • buildings
    • miscellaneous
    • places in Scotland
  • Offers
  • Home
  • history
  • castles

Dumbreck Castle (site of)

Dumbreck Castle once stood around 120 metres north-east of Mains of Dumbreck farms, and while nothing now remains on the site, some architectural fragments have been built into later buildings.

A carved fragment of stone is built into the north wall of the farm outbuilding to the east of the farmhouse, while the left hand part of a gun loop is built into the east-north-east gable of the farmhouse itself.

The gun loop is a distinctive triple hole design which is also a feature of nearby Tolquhon Castle, suggesting that they may have been built by the same person.

stay in a castle
  • advertisement
  • advertisement

Alternative names for Dumbreck Castle

Drumbreck Castle

Where is Dumbreck Castle?

Dumbreck Castle is in the parish of Udny and the county of Aberdeenshire.

Grid reference:NJ 8982 2888

Lat / long:57.350348,-2.170729

  • advertisement
Bing Maps | Google Maps | Historic maps (NLS) | OpenStreetMap | Ordnance Survey | PastMap | Streetmap | Wikimapia

OS Map for Dumbreck Castle

OS map 421
Ellon & Inverurie (Oldmeldrum & Pitmedden)
OS Explorer map 421


  • advertisement

Directions to Dumbreck Castle

Enter a starting point

  • advertisement

Weather at Dumbreck Castle

0°C
max 1°C / min -1°C
4km/h N
1014mb
83%
75%
05:49 18:37

Broken clouds
Weather observed at Pitmedden at 05:45

References (websites)

Canmore

Castles near Dumbreck Castle

Pitmedden Castle

1.6km away

Tolquhon Castle

2.6km away

Udny Castle

2.6km away

Esslemont Castle

3.6km away

Shethin Castle

3.8km away

Tillyhilt Castle

5.2km away

Tillycorthie Castle

5.9km away

Mount of Ellon motte (possible)

6.1km away

Fiddes Castle

6.2km away
more castles....
  • advertisement

Ancient sites near Dumbreck Castle

Sheldon stone circle

8.5km away

Mill Of Fintray cursus

14.0km away

Loanhead of Daviot stone circle

15.0km away

East Aquhorthies stone circle

18.4km away

Sunhoney stone circle stone circle

29.4km away

Midmar Kirk stone circle stone circle

29.9km away

Raich stone circle

31.7km away

Boghead souterrain

32.2km away

Loch Of Leys crannog

36.5km away
more ancient sites....
  • Ancestry advert

Pictish stones near Dumbreck Castle

Cairnton Class I symbol stone

10.0km away

Bourtie Class I symbol stone

10.2km away

Dyce 1 Class I symbol stone

13.7km away

Dyce 2 Class II cross slab

13.7km away

Daviot Class I symbol stone

13.8km away

Inverurie 1 Class I symbol stone

14.4km away

Inverurie 2 Class I symbol stone

14.4km away

Inverurie 3 Class I symbol stone

14.4km away

Inverurie 4 Class I symbol stone

14.4km away
more Pictish stones....
  • Sixt Car Rental
  • advertisement

Pictish sites near Dumbreck Castle

Parkhill silver chain

14.4km away

Nigg silver chain

26.8km away

Dunnicaer fort

44.2km away

Gaulcross hoard

50.4km away

Burghead fort

88.7km away

Torvean silver chain

125.1km away

Norrie's Law hoard

130.6km away

Traprain Law silver chain

156.9km away

Haddington silver chain

159.7km away
more Pictish sites....

Accommodation near Dumbreck Castle

Tarves Hotel Ltd TA Globe Inn
hotelTarves
4.0km away
Meldrum House Hotel
hotel, restaurant barOldmeldrum
8.5km away
Meldrum Arms Hotel
hotel, restaurantOldmeldrum
9.1km away
Udny Arms Hotel
hotelEllon
10.7km away
The White Horse Inn
hotelBalmedie
13.2km away
Kintore Arms Hotel
hotelInverurie
14.4km away
Pinehurst Lodge Hotel
hotelDyce
15.5km away
Swallow Thainstone House Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barInverurie
16.2km away
Menzies Dyce
hotelDyce
16.6km away
Aberdeen Marriott Hotel
hotelDyce
16.8km away

Accommodation search

(leave blank to view all)
Accommodation type
bed and breakfasts
campsites
castles
holiday parks
hostels
hotels
self-catering apartments
self-catering cottages
self-catering lodges
spas
more accommodation....

Cafés, restaurants & bars near Dumbreck Castle

Meldrum House Hotel
hotel, restaurant barOldmeldrum
8.5km away
Meldrum Arms Hotel
hotel, restaurantOldmeldrum
9.1km away
Swallow Thainstone House Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barInverurie
16.2km away
Premier Inn Aberdeen North (Bridge Of Don)
hotel, restaurantAberdeen
17.0km away
Jurys Inn Aberdeen Airport
hotel, restaurant, barDyce
17.2km away
Premier Inn Aberdeen Airport (Dyce)
hotel, restaurantDyce
17.2km away
Holiday Inn Express Aberdeen Exhibition Centre
hotel, barBridge Of Don
18.8km away
Holiday Inn Aberdeen Exhibition Centre
hotel, bar, restaurantBridge Of Don
18.9km away
Macdonald Pittodrie House
hotel, bar, restaurantInverurie
20.6km away
Premier Inn Aberdeen (Anderson Drive)
hotel, restaurant, barAberdeen
22.3km away
more food.... / more drink....

Related pages

Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Dirleton Castle in East Lothian
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
Garden of Cosmic Speculation plus castles
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
Inveraray Castle and standing stone
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A doocot, a castle and a beach in East Lothian
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
A pair of castles on the River Tweed
Dunbar harbour and castle
Dunbar harbour and castle
Published on the 14th of May 2010 at 1:57 pm. Updated on the 14th of May 2010 at 9:57 pm.

Leave a comment

back to the top of the page

Connect with us

Like us on Facebook

Receive our newsletter

Follow us on Twitter

Tweets by Stravaig_Aboot

Quick links

Stay in a Scottish castle
Edinburgh Festival accommodation
Hotels in Scotland
Car hire in Scotland
Places to eat and drink in Scotland
Castles in Scotland
Trace your Scottish ancestors
Scottish clans
Standing stones in Scotland
The Picts
Pictish symbol stones
Pictish placenames
Scottish bands and musicians
Scottish films
Scottish TV shows
West Highland Way

About

Andy Sweet above Fast Castle

Stravaiging around Scotland is written, photographed and researched by Andy Sweet.
read more....

Cookies

To make this site work properly we use cookies to store information on your computer. Click here to read more.
© 2003 - 2023 Andy Sweet / Stravaiging around Scotland. Powered by WordPress. Hosted by Tsohost.