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Latitude: 57.4849 / 57°29'5"N
Longitude: -2.428 / 2°25'40"W
OS Eastings: 374434
OS Northings: 843936
OS Grid: NJ744439
Mapcode National: GBR N8CY.8D9
Mapcode Global: WH8MW.N4Z9
Plus Code: 9C9VFHMC+XQ
Entry Name: Towie Barclay Castle
Listing Name: Towie Barclay Castle
Listing Date: 24 November 1972
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 350133
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB16405
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200350133
Location: Turriff
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Turriff and District
Parish: Turriff
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
Tagged with: Castle
Dated 1593. Lower half of large L-plan rubble-built tower
house, two storeys, upper part and gable of east wing demolished
1792. Present east gable, upper floor of wing and battlemented
parapet with bartizans, James Duncan 1874. Restored, harled
with dressings exposed, J J Meldrum 1971-73, main jamb 44' x
34', lying N-S, ground floor vaulted in 2 compartments,
passage on east side with rib-vault over entrance, 2 turnpike
stairs at S end; 1st floor hall, 20' x 30', has high rib-vault
in 2 compartments, oratory (or 'piper's gallery' in some
descriptions) in elevated rib-vaulted window embrasure over
screens passage at E end, quatrefoil balcony is Duncan
restoration. Outbuilding with short single-storey link to tower
adjoins on north.
Belonged to the Barclays until 1733 when the estate was sold to
the Earl of Findlater, subsequently acquired by Aberdeen
Endowments Trust: castle purchased by Mr and Mrs Marc Ellington
1971 and restored by them.
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