
What is recorded here
Whistleberry Castle stands on a narrowing peninsula in Aberdeenshire, where cliff erosion has already swallowed part of the curtain wall that once enclosed the top. What remains is a turf-hidden keep, gatehouse footings and a drawbridge shadow, enough to show that people built there against the sea and left it to the sea. The castle does not need a legend to be strange; it is still losing itself to the coast.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Whistleberry Castle as Disc (sandstone)(period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Rough HavenBay · 222 yd
WhistleberryFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 321 yd
Kinneff, Kinneff ChurchBurial Ground (medieval), Church (18th Century), Churchyard (medieval) · 512 yd
Kinneff, the Old ManseManse (18th Century) · 528 yd
KinneffArmlet(s) (bronze Age), Button(s) (bronze Age), Ring(s) (bronze Age), Spearhead (bronze Age) · 587 yd
Little John's HavenBay · 1009 yd
LargieCastle (medieval) · 1.6 mi
Inverbervie War MemorialMemorial · 2.4 mi
Inverbervie, Hallgreen CastleTower House (medieval) · 2.5 mi
Gourdon War MemorialMemorial · 3.2 mi
Henry's Scorth, CaveCave (period Unassigned) · 3.5 mi
RSPB FowlsheughNature reserve · 3.6 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0