Lauriston Castle
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lauriston Castle is a castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is a category C listed building. The nearest other castle is Thornton Castle, 5.6 mi away.
Lauriston Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
category C listed building
Nearest castle
Thornton Castle
5.6 mi away
Castles in Aberdeenshire
125
Scotland
About Lauriston Castle
Lauriston Castle stands on a clifftop site near the Aberdeenshire village of St Cyrus and just over a mile inland from the North Sea coast of Scotland. Once a royal fortress, it can claim to be one of the oldest privately owned and inhabited castles in the region.
From the Wikipedia article on Lauriston Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lauriston Castle sits at 56.7903, -2.3924 in Aberdeenshire. The closest other castles are Thornton Castle (5.6 mi), Allardice Castle (5.7 mi) and Montrose Castle (6.5 mi). Aberdeenshire has 125 castles in all.
