Castle Forbes
Castle Forbes is a 19th-century country house in the Scots Baronial style near Alford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Photo: Gilbert Scott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Castle of Forbes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Keig.
Old Keig
Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Stuart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Keig is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles west of Castle Forbes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keig and Auchleven.
Keig
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keig is a village within the local government area of Aberdeenshire Council in the North East of Scotland and is located within the Marr area of Aberdeenshire three miles from Alford. It lies on the B992 road between Insch and the village of Whitehouse.
Auchleven
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchleven is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Located approximately 4 miles south of Insch, 17 mi south of Huntly and 12 mi north-west of Inverurie. It is also known as Premnay, the name of the parish in which it is located. Auchleven is situated 3½ miles north of Castle Forbes.
Alford
Town
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alford is a large village in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland, lying just south of the River Don. It lies within the Howe of Alford which occupies the middle reaches of the River Don. Alford is situated 3½ miles southwest of Castle Forbes.
Castle Forbes
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.26115° or 57° 15′ 40″ northLongitude
-2.62897° or 2° 37′ 44″ westElevation
646 feet (197 metres)Open location code
9C9V796C+FCOpenStreetMap ID
way 390958280OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2653585Wikidata ID
Q5050075
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Castle Forbes” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Castle Forbes”
- French: “Château de Forbes”
- German: “Castle Forbes”
- Japanese: “キャッスル・フォーブス”
- Japanese: “フォーブス城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Forbes”
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