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Knock Castle xvv1911jhp Knock Castle tower house Ballater Deeside Scotland Aberdeenshire fort ruin summer sunny is a Historic Scotland property to the south of town on Royal Deeside on the Balmoral Estate at Knock Farm accessed from the South Deeside Road. It has a sad history of family feuds between Gordon of Knock, the builder of the present tower, who dropped down dead on hearing the news that his family was killed in one day at the hands of the ‘Black’ Forbes of Strath Girnock. He in turn was later killed by Gordon of Abergeldie who inherited the castle but let it fell into disrepair. Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, South Deeside Road, River, Dee, Ballater, Birkhall, Balmoral, Estate, Glen Muick, Muick, farm, Knock, Castle, landscape, 16th, century, tower-house, four, stone-built, storeys, hill, Earls, Mar, Durwards, Alexander, Gordon, Forbes, seven, sons, killed, end, line, Abergeldie, historic, preserved, history, heritage, military, hill, larch, colours, blue, sky, sunny, clouds, pine, trees, countryside, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, 2010, July, Summer, Nikon, D700, DSLR, digital, photograph
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Historic Properties
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Knock Castle xvv1911jhp
Upload Date: 2010-07-20 14:56:14
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Knock Castle tower house Ballater Deeside Scotland Aberdeenshire fort ruin

summer sunny is a Historic Scotland property to the south of town on Royal Deeside on the Balmoral Estate at Knock Farm accessed from the South Deeside Road. It has a sad history of family feuds between Gordon of Knock, the builder of the present tower, who dropped down dead on hearing the news that his family was killed in one day at the hands of the ‘Black’ Forbes of Strath Girnock. He in turn was later killed by Gordon of Abergeldie who inherited the castle but let it fell into disrepair.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Royal, South Deeside Road, River, Dee, Ballater, Birkhall, Balmoral, Estate, Glen Muick, Muick, farm, Knock, Castle, landscape, 16th, century, tower-house, four, stone-built, storeys, hill, Earls, Mar, Durwards, Alexander, Gordon, Forbes, seven, sons, killed, end, line, Abergeldie, historic, preserved, history, heritage, military, hill, larch, colours, blue, sky, sunny, clouds, pine, trees, countryside, rural, nature, colourful, colorful, 2010, July, Summer, Nikon, D700, DSLR, digital, photograph