Scotland · 16th century
Tolquhon Castle ranks #3,917 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #139 of the 225 mapped in Scotland. Founded 1584, it is older than 33% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Aberdeen, 23 km away. It is one of the 30 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Aberdeenshire. It is stop 19 of 23 on the Aberdeenshire castle trail, Stonehaven to Aberdeen. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.
Tolquhon Castle ( ta-HOON) is a ruined late-16th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. It lies about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-west of Pitmedden and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Tarves.
The castle was built between 1584 and 1589 by William Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon, as an extension to the earlier tower house known as Preston's Tower. It has been described as “the most characteristic château of the Scots Renaissance”.
Tolquhon Castle is a scheduled monument and is in the care of Historic Scotland, and is open to the public.
Text adapted from “Tolquhon Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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