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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. [1]
Name Location Date Listed Grid Ref. [note 1] Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number [note 2] Image New Slains Castle, Cruden Bay: 11 April 2018 Category B 52471: Nethermill, Disused.
Image Erroll Aisle Of Old Parish Church Of Slains 57°21′04″N 1°56′00″W / 57.351138°N 1.93328°W / 57.351138; -1.93328 ( Erroll Aisle Of Old Parish Church Of
Slains Castle (otherwise known as Old Slains Castle) is a ruined castle near Collieston in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is not to be confused with New Slains Castle, a separate building located five miles (eight kilometres) northeast. Built in the 13th century, it was partly destroyed in 1594.
Slains Castle may refer to one of two ruined castles in Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Old Slains Castle , a 13th-century castle was originally the property of the Comyn Earls of Buchan, near Collieston New Slains Castle , a 16th-century tower house, built by the 9th Earl of Erroll, overlooking the North Sea from its cliff-top site 1 kilometre (0.62 ...
One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle: Ravenscraig Castle: L-plan tower house: 15th century: Ruined: Inverugie: Slains Castle: Tower house, rebuilt as castellated house: 1597, rebuilt 1837: Ruined: Private: Cruden Bay "New" Slains Castle: Slains Castle: Tower house: 13th century: Ruined: Collieston "Old" Slains Castle, destroyed 1594: Terpersie Castle
The Castle was built between 1566 and 1572 by George, the 4th Earl of Caithness, for his son William Sinclair. According to the Historic Environment Scotland, "[George's] initials and those of his ...
New Slains Castle; W. Wallace's Castle This page was last edited on 19 February 2017, at 07:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...