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The magnificent formal garden at Pitmedden is a rare jewel at this latitude. It is seen at its best in summer, when the annuals are in bloom. Visitors can admire the neatly clipped yews, trim boxwood hedges, shaven lawns, flowerbeds, a herb garden, g..

Haddo House, an 18C manor, is located in the Grampian castle region on a wooded estate, now a country park. It was the seat of the Gordons, the Earls and later Marquises of Aberdeen and is now home to the Haddo House Choral and Operatic Society whi..

Alexander Seton (1639-1719), chancellor and creator of Pitmedden Gardens, renovated Fyvie Castle and added the Preston and Meldrum towers. The result is an impressive façade that is 46m long, a striking example of noble architecture from the 17C. At ..

Surrounded by well-tended lawns, Tolquhon Castle is a rectangular castle with mellow stonework, arranged around an inner court. Interesting features include the gatehouse adorned with curious sculptured figures, the projecting round tower, the main s..

This type of Bronze Age monument, consisting of a stone circle and a recumbent stone, is fairly common in the region. The circle around a small cairn was reused as a funeral site and adjoining it is an ancient cremation cemetery enclosed by a low wal..

The Garioch was given to David, Earl of Huntingdon (1144-1219), the grandson of David and brother of Malcolm IV and William the Lion, who built a fortress on a high mound, known as a Bass , surrounded by a wall erected on a lower mound.

The reconstituted stone is carved with a crescent, broken lines in a V and Z shape and a snake. On the lower part of one of the two sides is a script in Ogham, the writing used in the times of the Celts.