Portsoy Castle (site of)


Parish: Fordyce

County: Banffshire

Grid reference: NJ 5878 6615

Lat / long: 57.68310083, -2.692673161

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

Writing in "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical" in the late 19th century, Francis H Groome mentions of Portsoy that there "seems to have been a castle at one time, but there is no record of it, and its existence is only inferred from the place once known as the 'Castle Brae'."

The believed site of the castle is at 18 Cullen Street, although nothing is now visible.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm