Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Alford HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No Activities <p>Situated at the centre of Forbes Estate (now 6000 acres) overlooking the river Don. Estate activities include farming, forestry, fishing, natural burials and accommodation for foreign/sporting tourists at Castle Forbes itself.</p><p><strong>Appointments required for access to inside. </strong></p><p>To book phone 01975 562524/562574.</p> OpeningTime1 10.00-14.00 (access to inside by appointment only) ArchitectName Archibald Simpson/John Smith OpeningDate1 15/9/2012 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 12263 Refreshments No Street The street address Castle Forbes AddressLine2 Keig Postcode AB33 8BL Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Castle Forbes Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived aberdeenshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 211 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,57.2611,-2.629079; Description An account of the resource <p>Built on the site of the old family house of Putachie, the entrance front of which it was originally intended should form part of the present building. However, as there was difficulty making the old and new windows correspond, Putachie was pulled down.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1815