Muchalls Castle
Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of Kincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The lower course is a well-preserved Romanesque, double-groined 13th-century tower house structure, built by the Frasers of Muchalls.Photo: Anlace, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Ternan’s Church and Kempstone Hill.
Saint Ternan’s Church
Church
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint Ternan's Church is an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Brechin, near Muchalls in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The oldest church building in the Diocese of Brechin, it was built in 1831 as a simple country church on land granted by the owners of Muchalls Castle. Saint Ternan’s Church is situated 3,200 feet north of Muchalls Castle.
Kempstone Hill
Peak
Kempstone Hill is a landform in Aberdeenshire, Scotland within the Mounth Range of the Grampian Mountains. The peak elevation of this mountain is 132 metres above mean sea level. Kempstone Hill is situated 1½ miles southwest of Muchalls Castle.
Cookney Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cookney Parish Church, now business premises within a converted listed building, was a Christian place of worship in the village of Cookney, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Cookney Church is situated 1½ miles northwest of Muchalls Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muchalls and Chapelton.
Muchalls
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muchalls is a small coastal ex-fishing village in Kincardineshire, Scotland, south of Newtonhill and north of Stonehaven. Muchalls is situated slightly north of a smaller hamlet known as the Bridge of Muchalls.
Chapelton
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chapelton is a 810 hectares new town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 10 miles south of Aberdeen. It is situated close to the A92 and Newtonhill. The town plan was led by the Elsick Development Company.
Newtonhill
Town
Photo: Iain Millar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newtonhill is a town in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is popular due to its location, just nine miles south of Aberdeen with easy reach of Stonehaven and with views over the North Sea.
Muchalls Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: Tower House, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.01753° or 57° 1′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.17986° or 2° 10′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C9V2R9C+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 497520623OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q10332979
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Muchalls Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬赫爾斯城堡”
- German: “Muchalls Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת מוכאלס”
- Japanese: “マッカルズ城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Muchalls”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Muchalls”
- Portuguese: “Muchalls Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Muchalls”
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Highlights include Whinward Plantation and Pityot Wood.
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