Kinord Castle, also known as Loch Kinord Castle, was a 14th-century castle on Castle Island in
Loch Kinord
Loch Kinord is a small, freshwater loch at Muir of Dinnet, Aberdeenshire, Scotland just north of the River Dee and east of Ballater. The loch is also known as ''Loch Ceander'' and ''Loch Cannor''. It is approximately in length and was for ...
to the south of
Old Kinord,
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 ...
,
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
.
[Coventry, Martin (2001). ''The Castles of Scotland''. Musselburgh: Goblinshead. p. 233. ]
History
First mentioned in 1335, when supporters of
David de Strathbogie sought refuge after the
battle of Culblean
The Battle of Culblean was fought on 30 November 1335, during the Second War of Scottish Independence. It was a victory for the Scots led by the Guardian, Sir Andrew Murray over an Anglo-Scots force commanded by David III Strathbogie, titu ...
. The castle is mentioned further in 1505 and was used by the
Alexander Gordon, Earl of Huntly as a mansion in 1511. Restored and garrisoned in 1646, the castle was razed by an act of Parliament in 1648.
Slight traces of the castle are visible above ground.
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References
External links
Castle Island, Loch Kinord
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History of Aberdeenshire
Castles in Aberdeenshire
Former castles in Scotland
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