New Slains Castle

Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It overlooks the North Sea from its cliff-top site one kilometre (5⁄8 mile) east of Cruden Bay.

The core of the castle is a 16th-century tower house, built by the 9th Earl of Erroll. Significant reconstruction of the castle has been carried out a number of times, lastly in 1837 when it was rebuilt as a Scots Baronial mansion. At one time it had three extensive gardens but is now a roofless ruin. Plans to restore the castle have been on hold since 2009. It is a Historic Environment Scotland Category B listed building. The castle is mentioned in two locally set novels written by Bram Stoker, The Watter's Mou' and The Mystery of the Sea. Tentative links have also been made between the castle and his novel Dracula, although it is an internet myth that he got the idea for his famous novel on seeing Slains Castle for the first time.

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New Slains Castle staat op plaats 1.068 van 5.793 in de bekendheidsranglijst van deze atlas en op plaats 48 van de 96 die de atlas in Schotland in kaart brengt. Gebouwd in 1594, en daarmee ouder dan 38% van de gedateerde bouwwerken in de atlas — een van de 495 bouwwerken in de atlas die uit de 16e eeuw stammen. Zie hoe dat zich verhoudt in de kastelenstatistiek.

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