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Esslemont Castle UP623105JHP 
 Esslemont Castle Ruin Tower House Walls Stone Ellon Scottish Aberdeenshire Buchan roadside view of a 16th century tower house, viewed from public highway, built on earlier 14th Century site of the Mareschal’s and then passed to the Cheynes of Straloch through marriage. Was destroyed during feud between the Cheynes and Hays in 1493 and later rebuilt. Later owned by Earls of Errol but lost during Reformation conflicts. Later sold in 1728 to Robert Gordon and abandoned in 1769 in favour of a new Esslemont House built nearby. In a very ruined state and best viewed from the A920 just south of Ellon. Ruins in the photograph are from a 16th century castellated round tower of a large mansion house. Area to NW of these ruins was excavated in 1938 by Douglas Simpson and substantial evidence of a large and strong L shaped tower house with pink dressed granite foundations and is considered to be the remains of original castle. 
 Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Buchan, Ellon, Esslemont, Castle, ruin, roadside, derelict, tower-house, 16th century, castellated, mansion, upright, trees, ash, beech, summer
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
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Esslemont Castle UP623105JHP
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Esslemont Castle Ruin Tower House Walls Stone Ellon Scottish Aberdeenshire

Buchan roadside view of a 16th century tower house, viewed from public highway, built on earlier 14th Century site of the Mareschal’s and then passed to the Cheynes of Straloch through marriage. Was destroyed during feud between the Cheynes and Hays in 1493 and later rebuilt. Later owned by Earls of Errol but lost during Reformation conflicts. Later sold in 1728 to Robert Gordon and abandoned in 1769 in favour of a new Esslemont House built nearby. In a very ruined state and best viewed from the A920 just south of Ellon. Ruins in the photograph are from a 16th century castellated round tower of a large mansion house. Area to NW of these ruins was excavated in 1938 by Douglas Simpson and substantial evidence of a large and strong L shaped tower house with pink dressed granite foundations and is considered to be the remains of original castle.
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Aberdeenshire, Buchan, Ellon, Esslemont, Castle, ruin, roadside, derelict, tower-house, 16th century, castellated, mansion, upright, trees, ash, beech, summer