Scotland
50 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre: every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Aberdeen Castle, 1 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Balmoral Castle (#18 of 9,035 worldwide) 69 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Tap o' Noth, founded c. 450.
Every one of them stands in Scotland: the country page shows the full national picture.
23 km south · Ruin · #243 worldwide
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeast coast of Scotland, about 2 miles south of Stonehaven in…
23 km south-west · Castle
Crathes Castle is a castle built in the 16th century, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is in the historic county of Kincardineshire.
16 km south-west · Castle
Drum Castle is a castle near Drumoak in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. For centuries it was the seat of the chief of Clan Irvine.
23 km west · Castle
Castle Fraser is a large Z-plan castle near Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is considered one of the most elaborate examples of its type and one…
1 km east · Ruin
Aberdeen Castle was a late Middle Ages fortification, in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was situated on Castle Hill, a site today known as the Castlegate,…
23 km north · Ruin
Tolquhon Castle is a ruined late-16th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland.
16 km south · Castle
Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
24 km west · Castle
Midmar Castle is a 16th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located 12 kilometres west of Westhill and 3.5 kilometres west of Echt.
19 km north-west · Ruin
Hallforest Castle is a keep, one of the oldest in Scotland, as it dates from the 14th century.
21 km north · Castle
Udny Castle is a tower house in the parish of Udny, south-west of the village of Pitmedden and north-east of the hamlet of Udny Green, Aberdeenshire,…
37 km west · Castle
Craigievar Castle is a harled castle or fortified country house 6 miles south of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
34 km north-east · Ruin
Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
53 km north-west · Ruin
Huntly Castle is a ruined castle north of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where the rivers Deveron and Bogie meet.
49 km west · Ruin
Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
37 km north-west · Castle
Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
51 km south-west · Ruin
Edzell Castle is a ruined 16th-century castle, with an early-17th-century walled garden.
51 km north-west · Ruin
The Tap o' Noth is a hill and the name of a hillfort on its summit, 8 miles south of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at grid reference NJ485293.
58 km south-west · Castle
Brechin Castle is a castle in Brechin, Angus, Scotland. The castle was constructed in stone during the 13th century.
48 km north-west · Castle
Delgatie Castle is a castle near Turriff, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The castle consists of a white-harled, five-storey tower dating from the 16th…
55 km west · Ruin
Glenbuchat Castle is a historic Z plan Scottish castle built in 1590 for John Gordon of Cairnbarrow to mark his wedding.
39 km north-west · Ruin
Dunnideer Castle is a ruined tower house near Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
26 km north-east · Ruin
Slains Castle is a ruined castle near Collieston in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is not to be confused with New Slains Castle, a separate building…
+ 5 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
69 km west · Palace & château · #18 worldwide
Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family.
80 km south-west · Castle · #238 worldwide
Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the…
79 km west · Castle
Braemar Castle is situated near the village of Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
72 km north-west · Ruin
Findlater Castle is the old seat of the Earls of Findlater and Seafield, sitting on a 50-foot-high cliff overlooking the Moray Firth on the coast of…
99 km south-west · Ruin
St Andrews Castle is a ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland.
90 km south-west · Castle
Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the River Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland.
82 km west · Castle
Ballindalloch Castle, known as the "pearl of the north", is a Scottish castle located in Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland.
70 km north-west · Ruin
Balvenie Castle is a ruined castle 1 km north of Dufftown in the Moray region of Scotland.
68 km west · Castle
Corgarff Castle is located slightly west of the village of Corgarff, in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland.
96 km north-west · Ruin
Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c. 1140 to 1705.
66 km west · Castle
Abergeldie Castle is a four-floor tower house in Crathie and Braemar parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
89 km south-west · Castle
Claypotts Castle is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of Dundee, Scotland.
+ 11 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q36405.
The Castle Map atlas maps 50 landmarks (29 castles · 1 palace & château · 20 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Aberdeen, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Aberdeen Castle, a ruin 1 km east of the city centre.
Balmoral Castle, ranked #18 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 69 km west from Aberdeen.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Tap o' Noth, founded c. 450: 51 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Dundee (93 km) · Inverness (133 km) · Edinburgh (149 km) · Glasgow (195 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
