Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Drumtochty Castle

Drumtochty Castle, a mansion in Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire, on the left bank of Luther Water near its source, 1 mile NNE of Strathfinella Hill (1358 feet), 2 miles WNW of Auchinblae village, and 4¼ NW of Fordoun station. A splendid Gothic edifice, built at a cost of £30,000 from designs by Gillespie Graham, and standing in finely-wooded grounds, it is the seat of Major Andrew Gammell of Countesswells, who holds in Kincardineshire 4823 acres, valued at £2224,9s. per annum.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Fordoun ScoP       Kincardineshire ScoCnty

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