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Kincardine Castle Formerly known as Kincardine House, it is the private home of the Bradford family and also operates as a hospitality venue. The house sits 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north-east of the village of Kincardine O'Neil , and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Aboyne on the north side of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire .
The area it passes through is known as Deeside, or Royal Deeside in the region between Braemar and Banchory because Queen Victoria came for a visit there in 1848 and greatly enjoyed herself. She and her husband, Prince Albert, built Balmoral Castle there which replaced an older castle.
Kincardine Castle may refer to: Kincardine Castle (Royal Deeside), a Victorian country house near Aboyne in Kincardineshire; Old Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, a ruined 13th-century keep in Perth and Kinross, dismantled in 1645; Kincardine Castle, Auchterarder, a 19th-century manor housein Perth and Kinross
Old Kincardine Castle was a 13th-century castle near Auchterarder in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The castle was located on a promontory overlooking the glen. Sir David de Graham of Cardross received the lands of Kincardine from the Earl of Strathearn and started construction of the castle shortly afterwards. It formed a quadrangle, surrounded ...
The hamlet of Castleton of Kincardine, where Kincardine Castle and the original county town of Kincardine once stood. Court cases were initially heard in the town of Kincardine, where there was a royal castle. [a] The sheriff was therefore known both as the Sheriff of Kincardine and the Sheriff of the Mearns. [5]
Kincardine and Deeside was one of five local government districts in the Grampian region of Scotland. Its council was based in Stonehaven . It was created in 1975 and abolished in 1996, when the area was included in the Aberdeenshire council area .
Dunnottar Castle, Muchalls Castle and Fetteresso Castle are located within this district. Kincardine Castle, a Victorian 'arts and crafts' country house in the village of Kincardine O'Neil. In the village of Muchalls at Victorian times there existed a large hotel, which fell into ruin in the latter 20th century; the site has now been used for ...
The site of Kincardine Castle. Kincardine was a burgh in Scotland, near the present-day village of Fettercairn. It gave its name to and served as the first county town of Kincardineshire. The settlement gradually developed around Kincardine Castle. The origin of the castle is not known, although it has been popularly identified as the place of ...