Scotland
Drum Castle is a castle near Drumoak in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. For centuries it was the seat of the chief of Clan Irvine. The place-name Drum is derived from Gaelic druim, 'ridge'. The site is located approximately 6+1⁄2 miles (10.5 kilometres) northeast of Banchory and 3 miles (5 kilometres) west of Peterculter. The property is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland and is open to the public.
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Drum Castle ranks #1,591 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #53 of the 226 mapped in Scotland. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,033 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Aberdeen, 16 km away. It is one of the 30 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Aberdeenshire. It is stop 3 of 23 on the Aberdeenshire castle trail, Stonehaven to Aberdeen. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.
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