What is recorded here
Kinnettles Castle was built in the 16th century by the Keith family, a prominent noble family in the region. It is remembered as a historic stronghold associated with the Earls of Kintore and as an example of later medieval tower house architecture in Scotland.
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Places near here
Kinnettles HouseCountry House (period Unassigned) · 5 yd
Kinnettles War MemorialMemorial · 635 yd
North Mains of KinnettlesFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 678 yd
Kinnettles MillElectricity Production Site (modern), Grain Mill (18th Century) - (19th Century), Mill (18th Century), Threshing Mill (post Medieval) · 682 yd
Homestead MoatArchaeological place · 1026 yd
Kincaldrum HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
ThorntonCastle (medieval)(possible) · 1.9 mi
Gallows TreeBroadleaf Tree, exact kind not recorded · 2.3 mi
Balmashanner War MemorialMonument · 2.4 mi
Fothringham HillMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
St Margaret's InchHeadland · 2.5 mi
Balmashanner HillViewpoint · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Scott Cormie · CC BY-SA 2.0