Scotland · 13th century
Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles dating from the 13th century to survive in eastern Scotland, and was the seat of the Earls of Mar. It is owned today by Historic Environment Scotland and is open to the public as a scheduled monument with gardens that are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
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Kildrummy Castle ranks #1,688 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #57 of the 226 mapped in Scotland. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,395 times in the last 60 days, more than 73% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Aberdeen, 49 km away. It is one of the 30 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Aberdeenshire. It is stop 11 of 23 on the Aberdeenshire castle trail, Stonehaven to Aberdeen. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.
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