Aberdour castle

“The morning e’er saw mirth and glee in the hoary feudal tower of bold sir Alan Mortimer the lord of Aberdour.”

David Vedder, Sir Alan Mortimer A legend of fife 1855

Getting there

This castle is located next to Aberdour train station. in the lovely village of Aberdour in the kingdom of Fife. The turn off for the castle is easy to miss so be careful. There’s a single lane road up to the castle with a few passing places. There is car parking at the castle and train station.

Entry costs and Services

I visited this castle on the 18 of January 2020 and the entry costs where: adult-£6.00 concession-£4.80 child-£3.60 member-free (some prices may change).

Open all year April-September 09:30-17:30. October-March 10:00-16:00

website:www.historicenvironment.scot

phone:+44 01383 860519

review

Yet another filming location for Outlander, we visited this castle on sunny late afternoon in January. This is a really large site with lots to explore and could easily take several hours to see everything. Most of this site was easy to access on foot, but there were several tight staircases and some uneven ground.

Its clear to see all the different building styles as this building has grown over five centuries.It is one of the oldest castles in Scotland.

One of the highlights is St Fillans Church which is easy to access from the castle walled gardens and is still in use today. The graveyard is especially interesting with some gravestones that date back as far as the 1600’s with lots of skulls carved on them.

The gardens are very impressive and include an orchard and a uniquely spectacular dovecot.

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In my opinion this castle offers everything within a large but easy to access area. I would like to revisit this castle in the summer months to see the gardens and the orchard in full bloom. The location of the castle is near one of my favourite beaches, Silversands, so I could combine the two to have a brilliant day out.