Tolquhon Castle
Tolquhon Castle is a ruined late-16th-century castle in Aberdeenshire, north-east Scotland. It lies about 1.5 miles north-west of Pitmedden and 2 miles south of Tarves.Photo: Karora, Public domain.
Photo: Robert William Billings, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pitmedden Garden and North Lodge Park.
Pitmedden Garden
Garden
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pitmedden Garden is a garden near the village of Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The garden dates from around 1675 and contains formal parterres, herbaceous borders, and an orchard. It is open to the public. Pitmedden Garden is situated 1 mile southeast of Tolquhon Castle.
North Lodge Park
Sports venue
Photo: Ken Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Formartine United Football Club are a Scottish senior association football club from Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire currently playing in the Highland League. North Lodge Park is situated 1 mile southeast of Tolquhon Castle.
Udny Parish Church
Church
Photo: Sagaciousphil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Udny Parish Church, now in private ownership, was formerly a congregation of the Church of Scotland at Udny Green, Aberdeenshire in the north-east of Scotland, approximately 15 miles north of Aberdeen. Udny Parish Church is situated 1½ miles south of Tolquhon Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pitmedden and Udny Green.
Pitmedden
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pitmedden is a rural village in the parish of Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated midway between Ellon and Oldmeldrum, and approximately 16 miles from Aberdeen.
Udny Green
Village
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Udny Green is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, located immediately south-west of Pitmedden. It forms part of the parish of Udny, along with the nearby settlement of Udny Station. Udny Parish Church stands beside the village green, with the old kirkyard and Udny Mort House on the opposite side.
Tarves
Village
Photo: phil smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarves is a settlement in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, situated in the Formartine area between Oldmeldrum and Methlick. Following population growth to over 1,000 residents, Tarves is classified as a town in data published by Understanding Scottish Places, a change reported by BBC News in 2025. Tarves is situated 1½ miles north of Tolquhon Castle.
Tolquhon Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- 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
57.34809° or 57° 20′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.21321° or 2° 12′ 48″ westInception
1584Open location code
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historic=castleWikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Tolquhon Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Թոհոն ամրոց”
- Dutch: “Tolquhon Castle”
- French: “château de Tolquhon”
- French: “Château de Tolquhon”
- German: “Tolquhon Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Tolquhon”
- Italian: “Castello di Tolquhoun”
- Italian: “Tolquhon Castle”
- Italian: “Tolquhoun Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Tolquhon”
- Turkish: “Tolquhon Kalesi”
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