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Fedderate Castle

Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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nameFedderate Castle
locationNew Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
imageFedderate Castle - geograph.org.uk - 8001581.jpg
image_size250px
captionThe castle in 2025
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typeL-Plan
built1257–15th century
conditionRuined
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designation1Scheduled Monument
designation1_offnameFedderate Castle
designation1_typeSecular: castle
designation1_date14 March 1994
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Fedderate Castle is a ruined castle near New Deer in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating to around 1474 and built by the Crawford family. It was extended by the family in 1519. A drawbridge and causeway provided access to the castle. The walls are up to 30 feet tall and 6 feet thick.

History

On 15 December 1590, Robert Keith, the youngest brother of George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, fled to Fedderate Castle after being dislodged from Deer Abbey, which he had seized the previous September in the course of a dispute over his inheritance.

Lord William Oliphant with Jacobite forces took control of Fedderate Castle and held out against the forces of Hugh Mackay for more than three weeks, surrendering in October 1690.

The castle is a scheduled monument. Its condition is the result of an attempt to blow up the structure, before its historic designation, "as an impediment to agriculture".

References

Bibliography

References

  1. Kerr-Peterson, Miles (2019), ''A Protestant Lord in James VI's Scotland: George Keith, Fifth Earl Marischal (1554–1623)'', Boydell Press, p. 56.
  2. "Fedderate Castle". Scotland's Places.
  3. "Fedderate Castle, New Deer". British Listed Buildings.
  4. {{Historic Environment Scotland
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