Castle
Abergeldie Castle
SCT Scotland
Abergeldie Castle is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It stands at an altitude of 840 feet (260 m), on the south bank of the River Dee, five miles (8 km) west of Ballater, and about two miles (3 km) east of the royal residence of Balmoral Castle. Behind it rises Creag nam Ban, a rounded granite hill about 527 metres (1,729 ft) high, and across the river to its front is the cairn-crowned Geallaig Hill, rising to 743 metres (2,438 ft).
It is protected as a category A listed building. The castle was the home of the Baron of Abergeldie.
Text adapted from “Abergeldie Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abergeldie Castle ranks #135 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #28 of the 126 mapped in Scotland. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Abergeldie Castle?
Abergeldie Castle stands in Scotland, at 57.0433°, -3.17647°.
How famous is Abergeldie Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #135 of 6,412 worldwide, and #28 in Scotland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Abergeldie Castle?
Balmoral Castle, about 3 km away.
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