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Towie Castle

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The castle was built after 1618, and is thought to have been unfinished. It is said that the tunnels and battlements were said removed in 1788, and the building altered. Ruins of the castle were removed in 1968, with the last remains being removed by
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Towie Castle was originally an oblong main building; the western end cellar and a tower projecting from the east end of the south front alone survived to at least 1942. The masonry of the tower is regarded as typical of the 16th or 17th century.
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tower house
Kildrummy
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Don
Towie Barclay
Turriff
Clan Forbes
Adam Gordon of Auchindoun
Edom o Gordon
Corgarff Castle
Grampian Regional Council
L-plan
corbelled-out
bartizans
Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
List of castles in Scotland




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1-899874-10-0




"Towie Castle"
57°12′13″N 2°55′42″W / 57.2037°N 2.9282°W / 57.2037; -2.9282
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