The Nine Castles of Knuckle

The Nine Castles of Knuckle

The Nine Castles of Knuckle are a group of ancient castles found in the extinct area of "Knuckle", which today would be located on the very far corner of the north-east coast of Aberdeenshire in the Buchan area of Scotland.



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*A more detailed map of the castles and their sites can be found [http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_083/83_032_044.pdf in this .pdf document] (about Cairnbulg Castle) from the Archaeology Data Service.


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