Scotland > Deeside Towns and Villages > Blackhall Castle Gates xvv1200jhp
Photos of the main towns and villages along the River Dee from Banchory westwards to Braemar with villages bordering the north and south sides of the river such as Torphins and Tarland to Strachan on the south.
© Jim Henderson
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| Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
| Collection: | Deeside Towns and Villages | |||
| Filename: | Blackhall Castle Gates xvv1200jhp |
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| Upload Date: | 2010-06-23 08:41:12 | |||
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| Caption: | Banchory Blackhall silver granite gates castle fishing lodge Deeside summeris located just before crossing the road bridge over the River Dee into Banchory coming from the south. This large Deeside town on the River Dee some 18 miles west of Aberdeen in North East Scotland. It has always been a main visitor centre either for day trippers from Aberdeen or the usual flow of coaches and other visitors heading from Aberdeen westwards to Braemar and from there south to Perth or north to Inverness. It is also offers a very scenic route southwards over the Cairn O’Mount to Mearns. The gates are all that remains of the castle, demolished after WW2 but now serves as a fishing lodge and entrance to the fishing beat alongside the River Dee on the south bank extending westwards. Although the gates tend to be locked it is not ‘private’ land and should be accessible as a riverside walk in terms of the Land Reform [Scotland] Act 2003. |
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