Steirn (site of)


Parish: Glenmuick, Tullich and Glengairn

County: Aberdeenshire

Grid reference: NO 34901 93600

Lat / long: 57.028939, -3.074016

Alternative names: Birkhall; Stiren

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

Birkhall in its current form was built by the Gordons of Abergeldie from 1715 onwards, but either incorporates, or replaced, an earlier castle named as "Steirn" on Gordon of Straloch's map of 1654.

Birkhall is now the official home of The Prince of Wales in Scotland.

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created Saturday, July 30th, 2011 at 1:13 am, last updated Saturday, July 30th, 2011 at 1:13 am