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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
0.09 miles
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Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis)
Some of the swathes of Snowdrops in the woods above Ellon Castle.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 18 Feb 2024
0.09 miles
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Ellon Castle
Inside Ellon Castle looking up at what's left of the stairs
Image: © stephen samson
Taken: 16 Nov 2006
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Ellon Castle
I took the photograph from the parking area near Ellon Health centre.
Image: © Astrid H
Taken: 23 Jun 2011
0.10 miles
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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
0.10 miles
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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
0.10 miles
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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
0.10 miles
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Old Ellon Castle
The remains of Old Ellon Castle glimpsed through a gap between the yew trees in the formal garden. 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
0.10 miles
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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
0.11 miles
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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
0.11 miles