Scotland
North East Scotland
Aberdeenshire

Inverallochy Castle

Inverallochy Castle is a ruined courtyard castle, near the village of Inverallochy in the area of North-East Scotland, dating to 1504. It lies 0.5 miles south of , near , and formerly stood beside the now-drained Loch of Inverallochy.
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Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Castle of Inverallochy”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Combs and Inverallochy and Cairnbulg.

Village
Photo: Ken Pickering, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small fishing village in , Scotland, immediately southeast of Inverallochy. It has existed since at least the 17th century, and takes its name from a church to St Colm that used to exist in the area and was abandoned in 1607.

Village
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The villages of lie some 4 miles east of , in North East Scotland. It formerly consisted of the three fishing villages of Brandesburgh, Cairnbulg and Inverallochy, but the former village has since disappeared…

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is a fishing port in , with a population in 2020 of 13,000. In the 19th century it was a major port for herring, and shell-fishing is still an important local industry. It hosts the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.

Inverallochy Castle

Latitude
57.6564° or 57° 39′ 23″ north
Longitude
-1.93309° or 1° 55′ 59″ west
Inception
1504
Open location code
9C9WM348+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1193634319
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q6059992
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In Other Languages

From German to Uzbek—“Inverallochy Castle” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Combs Community Church and Inverallochy Golf Club.

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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 “Inverallochy Castle”. Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.