Craigievar Castle
Craigievar Castle is a harled castle or fortified country house 6 miles south of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was the seat of Clan Sempill, and the Forbes family resided here for 350 years until 1963, when the property was sold to the National Trust for Scotland by the 19th Lord Sempill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leochel-Cushnie and Lumphanan.
Leochel-Cushnie
Hamlet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leochel-Cushnie is a parish in Aberdeenshire, about 40 km west of Aberdeen. Leochel-Cushnie is situated 3 miles west of Craigievar Castle.
Lumphanan
Village
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Lumphanan is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland located 25 miles from Aberdeen and 10 miles from Banchory. Lumphanan is situated 3½ miles south of Craigievar Castle.
Kirkton of Tough
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkton of Tough, usually shortened to Tough, is a settlement in the Marr area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland at grid reference NJ615129. It is about 4 kilometres southeast of Alford and 143 km from Edinburgh. Kirkton of Tough is situated 3½ miles northeast of Craigievar Castle.
Craigievar Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle and museum in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: museum, tower house, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.17417° or 57° 10′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.71814° or 2° 43′ 5″ westElevation
715 feet (218 metres)Operator
Natonal Trust for ScotlandOpen location code
9C9V57FJ+MPOpenStreetMap ID
way 99412588OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
2652134Wikidata ID
Q1138741
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Uzbek—“Craigievar Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Craigievar gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Castell de Craigievar”
- Cebuano: “Craigievar Castle”
- Chinese: “克雷格瓦城堡”
- Danish: “Craigievar Castle”
- Dutch: “Craigievar Castle”
- French: “château de Craigievar”
- French: “Château de Craigievar”
- French: “Craigievar”
- German: “Craigievar Castle”
- German: “Craigievar House”
- Italian: “castello di Craigievar”
- Italian: “Castello di Craigievar”
- Japanese: “クレイギーヴァー城”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Craigievar Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Craigievar”
- Russian: “Замок Крейгивар”
- Russian: “Замок Крэгивар”
- Scots: “Craigievar Castle”
- Serbian: “Craigievar Castle”
- Serbian: “Craigievar”
- Serbian: “Замак Крејгиевар”
- Serbian: “Крејгивар”
- Serbian: “Крејгиевар”
- Spanish: “Castillo de craigievar”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Craigievar”
- Swedish: “Craigievar Castle”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Крегівар”
- Uzbek: “Kreygivar qal’asi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Craigievar Castle”. Photo: Anaisc30, CC BY-SA 4.0.