Slains Castle, also known as New Slains Castle to distinguish it from the nearby Old Slains Castle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It overlooks the North Sea from its cliff-top site one kilometre (5⁄8 mile) east of Cruden Bay.
The core of the castle is a 16th-century tower house, built by the 9th Earl of Erroll.[1] Significant reconstruction of the castle has been carried out a number of times, lastly in 1837 when it was rebuilt as a Scots Baronial mansion. At one time it had three extensive gardens but is now a roofless ruin. Plans to restore the castle have been on hold since 2009. It is a Historic Environment Scotland Category B listed building. The castle is linked with the novels of Bram Stoker, including Dracula.[2][page needed][3]
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^Coventry, Martin. Haunted Castles & Houses of Scotland. Pages 182-183. ISBN 189987447X. 2005. Retrieved on 9 August, 2023. "Bram Stoker found inspiration for Dracula's castle from Slains when writing the novel, although at that time it was not a ruin."
SlainsCastle, also known as NewSlainsCastle to distinguish it from the nearby Old SlainsCastle, is a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It overlooks...
of Dracula were written there. Nearby SlainsCastle appears to have inspired part of the floor plan for Castle Dracula, in particular the octagonal room:...
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titles held by the Earl of Erroll are Lord Hay (created 1449) and Lord Slains (1452), both in the Peerage of Scotland. The Earls of Erroll also hold the...
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his marriage, Churchill spent a holiday with the Asquith family at NewSlainsCastle on the Scottish coast. Some days after his departure, but while Arnold...
still wished the whole castle, the new and old work, to be slighted. It was decided not to completely demolish Huntly and SlainsCastle and other houses, but...
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in Aberdeenshire, 26 miles (42 km) north of Aberdeen. Just west of SlainsCastle, Cruden Bay is said to have been the site of a battle in which the Scots...
slopes of the Aberdare Range which they called Slains, after the former Hay family seat of SlainsCastle which had been sold by Hay's grandfather, the...
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Auchindoun for safety. James VI ordered that Auchindoun, SlainsCastle, Huntly Castle, and the Gordon castles of Abergeldy and Newton should be slighted or demolished...
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succeeded in capturing the castle. The Giltenans, Tadhg Dore and his brother, and Donall Culhane and two of his sons were slain in the final defence. Some...
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an artwork piece which explored the urban myth that Bram Stoker used SlainsCastle in Cruden Bay as an inspiration for Dracula. MusicBrainz. "Gordon Duthie...
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