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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Turriff
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>Guided tours will take place at 10am, 12pm and 2pm. ?No advanced booking required.?</p>
OpeningTime1
10am - 4pm
OpeningDate1
17/9/2016
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
14308
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Craigston Castle
Postcode
AB53 5PX
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Craigston Castle
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
aberdeenshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
223
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,57.58471,-2.399281;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Craigston Castle is thought to belong to the Bell Group of Scottish castles, forming ??perhaps Scotland?s finest and the most distinctive contribution to western architecture? (H. Gordon Slade).</p><p>The Urquhart family is one of the oldest in Scotland and can be traced back to Adam Urquhart the sheriff of Cromarty in 1357. However, according to the great?<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Urquhart">Sir Thomas Urquhart</a>?(1611-1660) translator of Rabelais, the family can even be traced back to Adam and Eve through remarkable ancestors including Esormon Ourochartos (Prince of Achaia who married ?Narfesid, Sovereign of the Amazons) and Bithiah, the Pharaoh?s daughter who found Moses in the bulrushes. These fantastic claims are symptomatic of the family?s fondness for the romantic and the strange.</p><p>Make the most of this fantastic opportunity to see inside the Category A listed, 5-storey Scottish Tower House not normally open to the public, ?on a guided tour by the castle owners.?</p><p>Most of the castle can be visited, but the left tower is being renovated, and therefore closed to the public.?</p><p>Guided tours will take place at 10am, 12pm and 2pm. ?(Tour lasts approx 1.5 hours) No advance booking required.?</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1604