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Pittulie Castle is a sixteenth-century fortified house located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The castle represents a characteristic example of the tower houses that proliferated across northeast Scotland during the early modern period, reflecting the defensive and residential needs of local landholding families. The structure exhibits the typical compact, vertically organised design common to castles of its era in the region. The site remains a significant archaeological monument documenting the settlement patterns and domestic architecture of early modern Aberdeenshire.
Pittulie Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5578. View the official record →
Pittulie Castle is a sixteenth-century fortified house located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5578.
Pittulie 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 SM5578.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pitsligo Castle (0.8 km), Woodside, cairn 215m ESE of (1.1 km), Old Pitsligo Church and burial ground (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Pittulie 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.
Pittulie Castle stands on Southern Highland Group, bedrock that formed in the Middle Cambrian. The rock here is psammite and pelite.