Kildrummy ( gd, Cionn Droma) is a hamlet in
Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area inclu ...
, Scotland near the
River Don, west of
Alford. The hamlet's
primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
closed in 2003.
Its church was built in 1805. Nearby
Kildrummy Castle
Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles dating from the 13th century to survive in eastern Scotland, and was the seat of the Earls of Mar. It is ow ...
has a long history dating back to at least the 14th century. The site of
Brux Castle is also about away.
[Coventry, Martin (1997) ''The Castles of Scotland''. Goblinshead. p.93]
Sources
Kildrummyin the ''
Gazetteer for Scotland
The ''Gazetteer for Scotland'' is a gazetteer covering the geography, history and people of Scotland. It was conceived in 1995 by Bruce Gittings of the University of Edinburgh and David Munro of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and c ...
''.
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Villages in Aberdeenshire
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