Birse Castle
Birse Castle is located in the Forest of Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Originally a square tower house, it was rebuilt in the first decade of the 20th century into an L-plan structure.Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aboyne.
Aboyne
Town
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aboyne is a village on the edge of the Highlands in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, approximately 30 miles west of Aberdeen. It has a swimming pool at Aboyne Academy, all-weather tennis courts, a bowling green and is home to the oldest 18 hole golf course on Royal Deeside. Aboyne is situated 5 miles north of Birse Castle.
Birse Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: Tower House, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.00368° or 57° 0′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.79147° or 2° 47′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C9V2635+FCOpenStreetMap ID
way 214273260OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleWikidata ID
Q4916973
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Birse Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Birse Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Birse”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forest of Birse Kirk and Brackenstake.
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