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Barra Castle

Castles in AberdeenshireCategory A listed buildings in AberdeenshireListed castles in Scotland
Barra Castle, Bourtie, Oldmeldrum side view
Barra Castle, Bourtie, Oldmeldrum side view

Barra Castle is an unusual L-plan tower house dating from the early 16th century, about two miles (three kilometres) south of Oldmeldrum, above the Lochter Burn, in the parish of Bourtie,Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It occupies the site of the Battle of Inverurie (1308), in which Robert Bruce defeated John Comyn, Earl of Buchan.

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Barra Castle
Walton Road, Aberdeen City Dyce

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Walton Road
AB21 0BR Aberdeen City, Dyce
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Barra Castle, Bourtie, Oldmeldrum side view
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