IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Craigievar Crescent, ELLON, AB41 9FE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Craigievar Crescent, AB41 9FE by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (17 Images Found)
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Distance
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New Ellon Castle
This is the 'new' Ellon Castle, just along the terrace east of the 'old' Ellon Castle. It dates from teh early 18th century, but was altered in the late 18th century and again in the mid-19th century. It is a Category B Listed building. See https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31109 for a full description and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellon_Castle for a potted history and https://www.elloncastlegardens.net/history/ .
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 18 Feb 2024
0.15 miles
3
Snowdrops at Ellon Castle
The original castle stands on a terrace above the formal garden, and above the terrace is a wooded slope with profuse drifts of Snowdrops.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 18 Feb 2024
0.16 miles
4
Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis)
Some of the swathes of Snowdrops in the woods above Ellon Castle.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 18 Feb 2024
0.18 miles
5
Sundial in Ellon Castle Gardens
This is one of two sundials in the gardens, both dating from the early 18th century. This one is a Category B Listed building. See https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31105 for details, but note that it has been relocated from the position stated in that descriptions and https://www.elloncastlegardens.net/history/ .
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 18 Feb 2024
0.18 miles
6
Sundial in Ellon Castle Gardens
This is one of two sundials in the gardens, both dating from the early 18th century. This one is a Category B Listed building. See https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB31105 for details, but note that it has been relocated from the position stated in that descriptions and https://www.elloncastlegardens.net/history/ .
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 18 Feb 2024
0.18 miles
7
Ellon Castle
Inside Ellon Castle looking up at what's left of the stairs
Image: © stephen samson
Taken: 16 Nov 2006
0.20 miles
8
Ellon Castle
Ellon Castle not much left of it. On the site of the ancient fort of Ardgith
Image: © stephen samson
Taken: 16 Nov 2006
0.20 miles
9
Old Ellon Castle
These ruins are almost all that survives of the old castle of Ellon. There isn't much left of the original castle, parts of which date from the 15th and 16th centuries. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. See https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM7333 for a full description and https://www.elloncastlegardens.net/history/ .
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 18 Feb 2024
0.20 miles
10
Ellon Castle
The round tower of Old Ellon Castle glimpsed through the trees on the sloping ground above it. There isn't much left of the original castle, parts of which date from the 15th and 16th centuries. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. See https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM7333 for a full description, and addhttps://www.elloncastlegardens.net/history/ .
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 18 Feb 2024
0.20 miles