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
  • Offers
  • Home
  • history
  • castles

Pitcaple Castle

Where is Pitcaple Castle?

Pitcaple Castle is in the parish of Chapel of Garioch and the county of Aberdeenshire.

Grid reference: NJ 72730 26084

Lat / long: 57.324343, -2.454691

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

OS Map for Pitcaple Castle

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


  • advertisement

Directions to Pitcaple Castle

Enter a starting point

  • Beer Gifts from Beer Hawk

Weather at Pitcaple Castle

13°C
max 13°C / min 13°C
5km/h WNW
1025mb
84%
57%
03:11 21:10

Broken clouds
Weather observed at Inverurie at 21:41
  • advertisement

References (books)

The Castles of Scotland
Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015

References (websites)

Canmore

Castles near Pitcaple Castle

Whiteford (site of)

0.4km away

Logie House

2.1km away

Inveramsay (site of)

2.5km away

Balquhain Castle

2.5km away

Drimmies (possible) (site of)

2.9km away

Blairbowie Castle

3.4km away

Pittodrie House

3.6km away

Lethenty Castle

3.8km away

Harthill Castle

4.1km away
more castles....
  • advertisement
  • advertisement

Ancient sites near Pitcaple Castle

Loanhead of Daviot stone circle

3.5km away

East Aquhorthies stone circle

5.3km away

Sheldon stone circle

9.6km away

Mill Of Fintray cursus

14.6km away

Midmar Kirk stone circle stone circle

19.7km away

Sunhoney stone circle stone circle

20.4km away

Raich stone circle

21.2km away

Loch Of Leys crannog

28.3km away

Boghead souterrain

28.3km away
more ancient sites....
  • advertisement

Pictish stones near Pitcaple Castle

Logie Elphinstone 1 Class I symbol stone

2.4km away

Logie Elphinstone 2 Class I symbol stone

2.4km away

Logie Elphinstone 3 Class I symbol stone

2.4km away

Logie Elphinstone 4 Class I symbol stone

2.4km away

Maiden Stone Class II cross-slab

2.7km away

Drimmies Class I symbol stone

2.9km away

Newton of Lewesk Class I symbol stone

3.9km away

East Balhalgardy Class I symbol stone

4.1km away

Daviot Class I symbol stone

4.2km away
more Pictish stones....
  • advertisement
  • advertisement

Pictish sites near Pitcaple Castle

Parkhill silver chain

21.1km away

Nigg silver chain

32.0km away

Gaulcross hoard

42.4km away

Dunnicaer fort

44.1km away

Burghead fort

75.4km away

Torvean silver chain

108.6km away

Norrie's Law hoard

122.7km away

Traprain Law silver chain

151.7km away

Haddington silver chain

153.8km away
more Pictish sites....
  • Sixt Car Rental

Accommodation near Pitcaple Castle

Macdonald Pittodrie House
hotel, bar, restaurantInverurie
3.6km away
Kintore Arms Hotel
hotelInverurie
7.0km away
Meldrum Arms Hotel
hotel, restaurantOldmeldrum
8.2km away
Swallow Thainstone House Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barInverurie
8.6km away
Meldrum House Hotel
hotel, restaurant barOldmeldrum
9.1km away
Burnett Arms Hotel
hotelKemnay
9.9km away
Bennachie Lodge Hotel
hotelInverurie
10.0km away
Tarves Hotel Ltd TA Globe Inn
hotelTarves
14.7km away
Pinehurst Lodge Hotel
hotelDyce
20.0km away
Jurys Inn Aberdeen Airport
hotel, restaurant, barDyce
20.4km 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 Pitcaple Castle

Macdonald Pittodrie House
hotel, bar, restaurantInverurie
3.6km away
Meldrum Arms Hotel
hotel, restaurantOldmeldrum
8.2km away
Swallow Thainstone House Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barInverurie
8.6km away
Meldrum House Hotel
hotel, restaurant barOldmeldrum
9.1km away
Jurys Inn Aberdeen Airport
hotel, restaurant, barDyce
20.4km away
Premier Inn Aberdeen Airport (Dyce)
hotel, restaurantDyce
20.5km away
Holiday Inn Aberdeen West
hotel, restaurant, barAberdeen
21.8km away
Premier Inn Aberdeen (Westhill)
hotel, restaurant, barAberdeen
22.2km away
Dean's of Huntly
caféHuntly
24.4km away
Delgatie Castle
bed and breakfast, self-catering apartments, caféTurriff
24.6km 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 2:00 pm. Updated on the 2nd of August 2012 at 11:02 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.

Affiliate links

This site includes affiliate links and adverts. If you click on these links we may receive a small commission at no cost to yourselves. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. This modest income goes towards funding the site.
© 2003 - 2025 Andy Sweet / Stravaiging around Scotland. Powered by WordPress. Hosted by Tsohost.