Fedderate Castle
{{Short description|Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
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|location=New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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|built=1257–15th century
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|condition=Ruined
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| designation1 = Scheduled Monument
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| designation1_type = Secular: castle
| designation1_date = 14 March 1994
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Fedderate Castle is a ruined castle near New Deer in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating to around 1474 and built by the Crawford family. It was extended by the family in 1519.{{sfnp|McKean|1990|p=80|ps=none}} A drawbridge and causeway provided access to the castle. The walls are up to {{convert|30|feet}} tall and {{convert|6|feet}} thick.
History
On 15 December 1590, Robert Keith, the youngest brother of George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal, fled to Fedderate Castle after being dislodged from Deer Abbey, which he had seized the previous September in the course of a dispute over his inheritance.Kerr-Peterson, Miles (2019), A Protestant Lord in James VI's Scotland: George Keith, Fifth Earl Marischal (1554–1623), Boydell Press, p. 56.
Lord William Oliphant with Jacobite forces took control of Fedderate Castle and held out against the forces of Hugh Mackay for more than three weeks, surrendering in October 1690.{{sfnp|McKean|1990|p=80|ps=none}}
The castle is a scheduled monument. Its condition is the result of an attempt to blow up the structure, before its historic designation, "as an impediment to agriculture".{{sfnp|McKean|1990|p=80|ps=none}}
References
Bibliography
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- {{citation |last=McKean |first=Charles |authorlink=Charles McKean|title=Banff & Buchan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X5ZMAAAAYAAJ |year=1990 |publisher=Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland |isbn=978-1-85158-231-0}}
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External links
- [https://360castles.com/fedderate-castle Fedderate Castle Virtual Tour]
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Category:Castles in Aberdeenshire