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Drumin Castle is a late medieval fortified residence located in Banffshire, in the northeast of Scotland. The castle dates to the fifteenth century and represents the domestic architecture of the Scottish landed gentry during the late medieval period. The structure survives as a tower house of modest proportions, a building type characteristic of Scottish baronial strongholds of this era. Its location and form reflect the settlement patterns and defensive requirements of the Aberdeenshire region during the centuries following the Wars of Independence.
Drumin Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM356. View the official record →
Drumin Castle is a late medieval fortified residence located in Banffshire, in the northeast of Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM356.
Drumin Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM356.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Doune of Dalmore, cairn and stone circle (0.5 km), Deskie Castle (1.4 km), Blairfindy Castle,20m N of Castleton (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Drumin Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Drumin Castle stands on Grampian Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite and semipelite.