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Remains of castle dating from the late 16th century. It was reconstructed, circa 1706-15 and 1781-5, John Baxter, but ruinous post-1801, and demolished 1851. The ivy-clad remains consist of a lofty 4-storeyed building, lying east-west, to the southeast angle of which is attached a tall slender round tower, one quarter engaged with the main structure. Only the south wall remains of an impressive and complex château. Baxter retained only the square tower with its circular south-eastern angle-tower as part of a four-storey, U-plan block 39.6m by 22.9m open to the east, which had twin three-window bows. West front was seven-windowed with the centre three recessed. Fluted stone pilasters survive of the stairhall at the west end. The tower is complete to the wall head. Only the front or south elevation of the main building survives. The southwest corner of the main structure forms a projecting elbow in the front beyond which further building is continued west. This part bears an armorial stone dated 1635. The vault in the basement of the main structure is older than everything above. What remains of the jamb and the kitchen fireplace suggests a date from the 1st half of the 15th century. The middle portion of the building evidently represents a reconstruction of the late 16th century. The superstructure belongs to alterations of 1781. It was dismantled in 1851 when the modern castle (NJ93SE0165) of Ellon was built, the greater part of the latter being pulled down after 1929. See NJ93SE0163 for walled garden and historic garden survey, and NJ93SE0048 for the castle park.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)