Aberdour Castle

Fife, Scotland

Aberdour Castle is a castle in Fife, Scotland, first built in 1200. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Couston Castle, 1.5 mi away.

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Aberdour Castle at a glance

Built

1200

12th century

Type

Castle

Heritage status

scheduled monument

Nearest castle

Couston Castle

1.5 mi away

About Aberdour Castle

Aberdour Castle is in the village of Easter Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one of the two oldest datable standing castles in Scotland, along with Castle Sween in Argyll, which was built at around the same time.
From the Wikipedia article on Aberdour Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aberdour Castle sits at 56.0552, -3.2983 in Fife. The closest other castles are Couston Castle (1.5 mi), Rossend Castle (2.2 mi) and Fordell Castle (2.8 mi). Fife has 40 castles in all.