Gordon Castle
Gordon Castle is a historic country house and former ducal seat near Fochabers in the parish of Bellie in Moray, Scotland. Originally built in the 1470s by George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, as a fortified tower known as the Bog o’ Gight, it evolved over the centuries into one of the largest and most distinguished houses in Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: House
- Description: castle in Moray, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Bog of Gight Castle” and “Gordon Castle Walled Garden”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gordon Chapel and St Mary’s.
Gordon Chapel
Church
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gordon Chapel is a nineteenth century church in Fochabers, Scotland. It is part of the Scottish Episcopal Church, under the governance of the United Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness. Gordon Chapel is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Gordon Castle.
St Mary’s
Church
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's, Fochabers is a Roman Catholic church in the village of Fochabers, Moray, in Scotland and is a part of the RC Diocese of Aberdeen. The building is significant for the high quality of its altar and stained glass windows. St Mary’s is situated 1,800 feet south of Gordon Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fochabers and Bellie.
Fochabers
Village
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Fochabers is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, 10 miles east of the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the east bank of the River Spey.
Bellie
Hamlet
Bellie is a locality in Moray, Scotland. Little survives of the old parish church at Bellie, located 2 miles north of Fochabers, although its graveyard is preserved.
Mosstodloch
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mosstodloch is a small village in Moray, Scotland, lying near the A96 between Fochabers and Elgin on the west bank of the River Spey. The village was served by Balnacoul Halt railway station from 1893 to 1931.
Gordon Castle
- Categories: castle, country house, residential building, and building
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Gordon Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “château de Gordon”
- French: “Château de Gordon”
- German: “Gordon Castle”
- Japanese: “ゴードン城”
- Slovenian: “Gordon Castle”
- Slovenian: “grad Gordon”
- Swedish: “Gordon Castle”
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