Cushnie Castle was a 16th-century
tower house, about south west of
Alford,
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
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Scotland, near Cushnie Burn, in the Glen of Cushnie.
[Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.139]
Cushnie Lodge is a later construction, dating from 1707.
History
The land had been held by the Cusnie family from the 12th century or earlier. The
Leslies acquired it by marriage early in the 14th century, before passing to the
Lumsdens in 1628,
[ or, on the basis of a coat of arms, 1618.]
Structure
There are few remains of the original castle, apart from a vault.[
Cushnie Lodge is a two-storey, L-plan tower house. It is harled, and has corbie-stepped gables. There is a roll-moulded doorway in the re-entrant angle. The house was altered in the 19th century.][
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See also
* Castles in Great Britain and Ireland
* List of castles in Scotland
References
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Castles in Highland (council area)