| PROPERTY |
CONDITION / NOTES |
TRAIL |
PRICES & PASSES |
FAMILIES/
CLANS/SEPTS |
MAP REFERENCE |
 Castle
 on
Trail
 Ruin
 Closed
 Garden
 Ecclesiastic |
On marked Castle Trail
(Aberdeen-
Grampian) |
Adult
admission
£ = £3 - under £5
££ = £5 - under £10
£££ = £10 or over |
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Cut and paste the coordinates into the Google Map
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| Balmoral |
The Queen! |
no |
££ |
Drummond, Farquharson,
Saxe-Coburg,
Windsor (Royal) |
+57° 1' 59.99"
-3° 13' 59.99" |
| Ballindalloch |
original Black Angus beef |
no |
££ |
MacPherson, Grant |
+57° 24' 52.95"
-3° 22' 2.93" |
| Balvenie |
ruin, next to distillery |
no |
£ HS
(Historic Scotland) |
Comyn, Douglas |
+57° 27' 36.65"
-3° 8' 5.24" |
| Braemar |
site of original Gathering of the Clans |
no |
££ |
Erskine, Farquharson |
+57° 0' 52.12"
-3° 23' 29.14" |
| Brodie |
daffodils, art & library |
no |
££ NTS (National Trust for
Scotland) |
Brodie |
+57° 36' 0.87"
-3° 42' 39.51" |
| Cawdor |
Celtic tree in secret dungeon |
no |
££ |
Cawdor, linked to Shakespeare's Macbeth |
+57° 31' 39.77"
-3° 55' 53.31" |
| Corgarff |
stunning highland views |
yes |
£ HS |
Forbes |
+57° 5' 34.27"
-3° 9' 54.95" |
| Craigievar |
Jacobean Rennaissance
towering pink castle |
yes |
£££ NTS
closed for renovations until 2010 |
Forbes |
+57° 10' 46.97"
-2° 43' 9.44" |
| Crathes |
ancient yew hedged walled garden |
yes |
£££ NTS |
Burnett |
+57° 3' 46.12"
-2° 26' 20.89" |
| Delgatie |
turnpike stairway |
yes |
open for special events |
Hay |
+57° 32' 45.53"
-2° 24' 37.84" |
| Drum |
historic rose garden |
yes |
££ NTS |
Irvine |
+57° 5' 48.54"
-2° 20' 16.44" |
| Drumin |
ruin |
no |
free |
Stewart |
+57° 21' 24.86"
-3° 21' 28.02" |
| Duff House |
18th century, art gallery, walking trails |
yes |
NTS
grounds free
££ events and exhibitions |
Duff, Erskine |
+57° 39' 34.86"
-2° 31' 13.20" |
| Duffus |
ruin |
no |
free |
Moray, Cheyne |
+57° 41' 19.78"
-3° 21' 42.54" |
| Dunnottar |
ruin, spectacular coastal scenery, Wm. Wallace
(Braveheart) |
no |
££ |
Keith, Cowdray |
+56° 56' 46.80"
-2° 12' 26.46" |
| Fetternear |
ruin, residence of
Catholic Bishops
on River Don-Kemnay walk |
no |
free |
Leslie |
+57° 14' 26.44"
-2° 27' 48.21" |
| Findlater |
ruin, coastal, Viking |
no |
free, not
maintained |
Sinclair |
+57° 41' 31.13"
-2° 46' 35.29" |
| Fraser |
commanding presence with walled garden |
yes |
££ NTS |
Fraser |
+57° 12' 19.14"
-2° 27' 32.11" |
| Fyvie |
commanding presence
baronial history |
yes |
£££ NTS |
Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon,
Forbes-Leith |
+57° 27' 6.76"
-2° 23' 7.62" |
| Gight |
ruin, overgrown,
on Gight Wood-River Ythan walk |
no |
free, not
maintained |
Gordon |
+57° 26' 42.50"
-2° 17' 14.75" |
Glenbervie
House
Glenbervie Garden |
castle not open but adjacent gardens and kirkyard of
interest:
ancestors of poet Robert Burns |
no |
£ garden |
Douglas, Burnett |
+56° 55' 1.93"
-2° 23' 11.79" |
| Glenbuchat |
ruin |
no |
free |
Gordone, Carnegie, Gordon |
+57° 12' 17.05"
-3° 4' 16.39" |
| Haddo House |
18th century, terraced gardens, special events |
yes |
££ NTS |
Gordon |
+57° 24' 13.50"
-2° 13' 20.38" |
| Huntly |
mostly intact, model of typical architecture |
yes |
£ HS |
Gordon |
+57° 27' 24.21"
-2° 46' 49.59" |
| Kildrummy |
ruin, large medieval |
yes |
£ HS |
Erskine |
+57° 14' 16.90"
-2° 54' 13.15" |
| Knock |
ruin, on River
Dee- Ballater walk |
no |
free, not
maintained |
Gordon |
+57° 2' 33.88"
-3° 3' 50.65" |
| Leith Hall |
typical laird's mansion |
yes |
££ NTS |
Leith, Peill |
+57° 21' 32.27"
-2° 46' 10.04" |
| Lochindorb |
ruin, island
stronghold in 'Loch of Trouble' |
no |
free, not
maintained, view from shore or swim? |
Comyn, Stewart,
Douglas, Cawdor |
+57° 24' 19.63"
-3° 42' 28.90" |
| Pitsligo |
ruin, heraldic plaques |
no |
free |
Fraser, Forbes |
+57° 41' 45.17"
-2° 6' 34.02" |
| Rait |
ruin, overgrown,
rare medieval hall-house |
no |
free, not
maintained |
Mackintosh,
Cummings, de Raite |
+57° 32' 54.46"
-3° 51' 0.89" |
| Ravenscraig
(not Fife) |
ruin |
no |
free, not maintained |
Cheyne, Keith |
+57° 31' 40.35"
-1° 50' 20.68" |
| Slains [closed] |
ruin, inspiration for Bram Stoker Dracula castle |
no |
private, no access since 2007 |
Bowness |
+57° 24' 59.98"
-1° 49' 46.48" |
| Spynie
Palace |
ruin |
no |
£ HS |
episcopal residence of the Bishops of Moray |
+57° 40' 37.74"
-3° 17' 43.84" |
| Tolquhon |
ruin, decorative gatehouse |
yes |
£ HS |
Preston, Forbes |
+57° 21' 12.02"
-2° 12' 47.78" |
| Urquhart |
ruin, spectacularly situated on the banks of Loch Ness |
no |
££ HS |
Durward, MacDonald, Grant |
+57° 19' 27.43"
-4° 26' 33.17" |
| Pitmedden
Garden |
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££ NTS |
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+57° 20' 32.40"
-2° 11' 32.69" |
| Glenbervie
Garden |
extensive walled
kitchen garden |
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£ |
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+56° 55' 1.93"
-2° 23' 11.79" |
| Elgin
Biblical Garden |
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free |
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+57° 39' 4.86"
-3° 18' 20.77" |
| Elgin Cathedral |
ruin, parts still
intact, commanding presence,
historic graveyard |
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£ HS |
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+57° 39' 1.96"
-3° 18' 20.77" |
| Pluscarden
Abbey |
medieval monastery
still in operation, open afternoons |
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free, restricted
hours |
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+57° 36' 1.78"
-3° 26' 7.68" |
| Deer
Abbey |
ruin, Book of Deer |
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free |
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+57° 31' 20.24"
-2° 3' 19.62" |
| Kinloss
Abbey |
ruin, large
medieval monastery, historic graveyard |
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free |
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+57° 38' 1.46"
-3° 34' 9.48" |
| St.
John's Kirkyard |
ruin, Viking history, historic graveyard |
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free |
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Gardenstown |
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** If you plan to visit Edinburgh, the Historic Scotland Explorer Pass grants
free admission to Edinburgh Castle and a 20% discount in the gift
boutiques/audio tour rentals.
£20.00 - 3-day passes will be valid for 3 days out of a 7
consecutive day period.
£25.00 - 7-day passes will be valid for 7 days out of a 14 consecutive day
period.
£30.00 - 14-day passes will be valid for 14 days out of a 30 consecutive day
period.
Prices shown are for ADULT tickets (for an individual aged 18 and over).
The following tickets are also available:
CHILD (children under the age of 5 are admitted free; aged 5 to 18) are 50%
discounted from the adult ticket price
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** These rates are given as an example based on rates for 2009. Consult the NTS
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