Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Knock Castle

Knock Castle, a ruin in Glenmuick parish, Aberdeenshire, on a beautiful eminence, in the peninsula between the rivers Muick and Dee, 2 miles WSW of Ballater. It once was a strong and stately edifice belonging to the Gordons.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a ruin"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Glenmuick Tullich and Glencairn Parish       Aberdeenshire County

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