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Knock Castle

Scotland · 17th century

Founded
c. 1610
Heritage status
category B listed building
Location
Aberdeenshire
Coordinates
57.0429°, -3.06913°
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Knock Castle in Scotland
Photo: Alan Findlay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Knock Castle is a ruined tower house in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. It is typical of the traditional type of residence of a laird, a Scottish landed gentleman. Knock Castle is in Royal Deeside, about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the town of Ballater, and about 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Balmoral. It sits on a knoll in a field on the south side of Craig of the Knock, a low hill at the entrance to Glen Muick. The castle is a category B listed building, and is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.

Text adapted from “Knock Castle, Aberdeenshire” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Knock Castle ranks #6,645 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #203 of the 225 mapped in Scotland. Founded c. 1610, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Aberdeen, 60 km away. It is one of the 30 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Aberdeenshire. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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