Dunnottar Castle
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dunnottar Castle is a rock castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, first built in 1400. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Cowie Castle, 2.1 mi away.
Dunnottar Castle at a glance
Built
1400
14th century
Type
Rock castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Cowie Castle
2.1 mi away
About Dunnottar Castle
Dunnottar Castle (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Fhoithear, "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the northeast coast of Scotland, about 2 miles (3 kilometres) south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire.
From the Wikipedia article on Dunnottar Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunnottar Castle sits at 56.9457, -2.1968 in Aberdeenshire. The closest other castles are Cowie Castle (2.1 mi), Fetteresso Castle (2.6 mi) and Castle of Fiddes (3.9 mi). Aberdeenshire has 125 castles in all.
