The Castle of Fiddes is a 16th-century tower house in
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area incl ...
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Scotland
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, located around south-west of
Stonehaven
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After the demise of the town of Kincardine, which was gradually abandoned after the destruction of its royal cast ...
. It is dated 1592 on a window lintel, with a later date of 1673 on the east wall suggesting a renovation at this time.
It was the property of the Arbuthnott family, who sold it in the later 17th century to the Thomson family of Arduthie. It was modernised around 1930 and remains occupied. It is a
category A listed building
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The four-storey tower is built on an unusual variant of the
L-plan, with a large circular stair tower and several projecting turrets supported on
corbels.
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See also
* Thrummy-cap, ghost tale by John Burness associated with the castle.
References
Castles in Aberdeenshire
Category A listed buildings in Aberdeenshire
Listed castles in Scotland
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