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Inverugie Castle

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Inverugie Castle or Cheyne's Tower is the ruins of a motte-and-bailey castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [1]

27 relations: Aberdeenshire, Basement, Castle, Charles McKean, Dunnottar Castle, Earl Marischal, Estate (land), Ford (crossing), George Ferguson (Royal Navy officer), Hall, Heraldry, Inverugie, Jacobite rising of 1745, James Ferguson (Scottish politician), Kitchen, Moat, Motte-and-bailey castle, Peterhead, Pitfour estate, Reginald le Chen (d.1345), River Ugie, Robert Burns, Ruins, Scheduled monument, Scotland, William Burnes, William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal.

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Basement

A basement or cellar is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor.

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Castle

A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Charles McKean

Charles McKean FRSE FRSA FRHistS FRIBA (16 July 1946 – 29 September 2013) was Professor of Scottish Architectural History at the University of Dundee.

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Dunnottar Castle

Dunnottar Castle (Dùn Fhoithear, "fort on the shelving slope") is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland, about south of Stonehaven.

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Earl Marischal

The title of Earl Marischal was created in the peerage of Scotland for William Keith, the Great Marischal of Scotland.

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Estate (land)

Historically, an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion.

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Ford (crossing)

A ford is a shallow place with good footing where a river or stream may be crossed by wading, or inside a vehicle getting its wheels wet.

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George Ferguson (Royal Navy officer)

George Ferguson (April 1788 – 15 March 1867) was a Scottish officer of the Royal Navy.

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Hall

In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a broad term, encompassing the design, display, and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank, and pedigree.

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Inverugie

Inverugie (Inbhir Ùigidh) is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland that lies on the entrance to the River Ugie just north of Peterhead.

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Jacobite rising of 1745

The Jacobite rising of 1745 or 'The '45' (Bliadhna Theàrlaich, "The Year of Charles") is the name commonly used for the attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for the House of Stuart.

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James Ferguson (Scottish politician)

James Ferguson FRSE (25 May 1735 – 6 September 1820) was a Scottish advocate and Tory politician and the third Laird of Pitfour, a large estate in the Buchan area of north east Scotland, which is known as the 'Blenheim of the North'.

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Kitchen

A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment.

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Moat

A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that is dug and surrounds a castle, fortification, building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Peterhead

Peterhead (Ceann Phàdraig, Peterheid) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Pitfour estate

The Pitfour estate, in the Buchan area of north-east Scotland, was an ancient barony encompassing most of the extensive Longside Parish, stretching from St Fergus to New Pitsligo.

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Reginald le Chen (d.1345)

Sir Reginald le Chen of Inverugie and Duffus (d.1345) was a 13th-14th century Scottish noble.

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River Ugie

The River Ugie (Scottish Gaelic: Uisge Ùigidh) or Ugie Water is a river in Scotland.

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Robert Burns

Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known as Rabbie Burns, the Bard of Ayrshire, Ploughman Poet and various other names and epithets, was a Scottish poet and lyricist.

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Ruins

Ruins are the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once intact have fallen, as time went by, into a state of partial or total disrepair, due to lack of maintenance or deliberate acts of destruction.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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William Burnes

William Burnes or William Burness (11 November 1721 – 13 February 1784), the father of Robert Burns the poet, was born at either Upper Kinmonth or Clochnahill Farm, Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, and trained as a gardener at Inverugie Castle, Aberdeenshire, before moving to Ayrshire and becoming a tenant farmer.

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William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal

William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal (16101670 or 1671) was a Scottish nobleman and Covenanter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverugie_Castle

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