Fedderate Castle


Parish: New Deer

County: Aberdeenshire

Grid reference: NJ 8968 4984

Lat / long: 57.53844687, -2.173732978

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

The remains of an L-shaped towerhouse can be seen on this site. Thought to date to the 15th century, it was probably built on the site of an earlier castle possibly built in 1257 (a stone, thought to have been removed from the castle around 1830, is now sited at Alehousehill, and is dated 1257).

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm