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ELLON CASTLE (Remains of) Old Castle of Ellon (Remains of)
Old Castle of Ellon (Remains of)
Old Castle of Ellon (Remains of)
Alexander Gordon Esq. Castle of Ellon.
Mr. Jamieson. Factor.
Mr. John Rae. Ellon.
038 All that remains of the Old Castle of Ellon is a tower, and a portion of one of the walls. it is said to have been built about 1700. but it appears to be much older. it was added to in 1795, by the last proprietor. but the present proprietor Alexander Gordon Esq. has removed it all excepting the said tower and wall. -
"Ellon", writes Sir Samuel Forbes. "was formerly called Kermucks, and under that name was possessed by Forbes of Waterton, and before him by Kennedy of Kermucks. It has been built anew by the present possessor Gordon of Ellon (son to a farmer in Bourtie), a merchant in Edinburgh, and once a baillie there, and a rich man; and it is accounted here a very great house. The great hall having two rows of windows, and being twenty-eight foot high." The Office of heritable bailie of the Ythan, a river abounding in the royal fish, is said to be attached to the lands of Ellon; but whether or not any charter to this effect is in existence, does not seem to be clearly ascertained. The "very great house," with its "great hall, having two rows of windows," has, with the exception of a tower, left standing as a picturesque object in the grounds, now entirely disappeared, The other parts of the building have been pulled down, and an elegant and commodious mansion erected at a little distance from the site.

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