Drumtochty Castle, Aberdeenshire
Photo © Michael Hogan, 23 July 2008
Drumtochty Castle, Aberdeenshire - West Lodge
Photo © Stanley Howe, 8 July 2009
Drumtochty Castle, Aberdeenshire Photo © Michael Hogan, 23 July 2008 |
Drumtochty Castle, Aberdeenshire - West Lodge Photo © Stanley Howe, 8 July 2009 |
Drumtochty Castle is a neo-gothic style castellated mansion erected in the year 1812 approximately three kilometres northwest of Auchenblae, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This castle stands on the southern edge of Drumtochty Forest.
During the Second World War, Drumtochty Castle was bought by the Norwegian government in exile and used as a boarding school for Norwegian children who were refugees from the German occupation of Norway.
Drumtochty Castle is a mansion in Fordoun parish, Kincardineshire, on the left bank of Luther Water near its source, 1 mile NNE of Strathfinella Hill (1358 feet), 2 miles WNW of Auchenblae village, and 4 NW of Fordoun station.
The castle was erected by George Harley Drummond, Esq., from designs by Gillespie Graham, at a cost of £30,000, and seated on an eminence rising from the bank of the Luther, in a richly-wooded demesne, tastefully laid out in walks commanding much picturesque and finely-varied scenery. The castle was the seat of the Rev. J. S. Gammell of COUNTESSWELLS.