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dirleton.bsky.social
Reconstruction mock-up of Tolquhon Castle in Aberdeenshire (Scotland). A 16th-century Scottish baronial mansion built around a 15th-century tower. A Forbes family home. #TolquhonCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles
September 5, 2026 at 11:06 AM
dirleton.bsky.social
Tolquhon Castle near Pitmedden in Aberdeenshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over @undisscot.bsky.social image. #TolquhonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
August 27, 2026 at 6:29 AM
travelmadhatter.bsky.social
Gorgeous Aberdeenshire ☀️
August 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
tourscotland.bsky.social
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of kitchen in Tolquhon Castle, South of Tarves, Aberdeenshire. Castle was built by #William #Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon, between 1584 and 1589 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/09/old-...
Old Photograph Kitchen Tolquhon Castle Scotland
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February 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
bobmarshall.co.uk
Revisited Tolquhon Castle over the Easter weekend, which is a firm favourite of mine. Fine Scots Renaissance architecture with an elegant courtyard plan, a richly decorated gatehouse, first-floor galleries, and formal gardens where comfort and domestic practicality takes precedence over defense.
A view of the central courtyard and stair tower from the ground floor of the Preston Tower. Tolquhon Castle, Tarves, Aberdeenshire. © Bob Marshall April 2025 A view of the gatehouse at Tolquhon Castle featuring an arched entrance flanked by two round drum towers with decorative gunloops, fine heraldic panels above the door, and carved human figures—likely Sir William Forbes and his wife commemorating their rebuilding of the castle in the 1580s. © Bob Marshall April 2025 Twelve bee skeps (hives) and bee boles punctuate the outer courtyard wall at Tolquhon Castle in Aberdeenshire. © Bob Marshall April 2025 A view of Tolquhon Castle's inner courtyard and East Range long gallery (library) from the Round Tower. © Bob Marshall April 2025
April 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
travelmadhatter.bsky.social
Excellent photo & a great idea!
My example for #WindowsonWednesday
Tolquhon Castle, Aberdeenshire
Scotland. July 2025
July 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
travelmadhatter.bsky.social
Visited a true Hidden Gem in the hot afternoon today. Tolquhon Castle, built by William Forbes, 7th Laird, 1584-1589 as an extension to the earlier tower house known as Preston's Tower. Although ruined, the castle has been described as "the most characteristic château of the Scots Renaissance."
July 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
teresaak.bsky.social
Tarves also has an interesting little local museum and a cafe. Nearby are the impressive remains of Tolquhon Castle - swallows swoop in summer through the broken stonework - and the Tolquhon Gallery - excellent contemporary art an enchanting garden: a satisfying day out in rural Aberdeenshire.
July 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
franmoldaschl.bsky.social
'Tolquhon' is a personal favourite.
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
rguartandheritage.bsky.social
This week's #objectoftheweek is a pair of paintings by Gordon Bryce RSA. They are titled 'Riverbed' and 'Edge of the Wood, Easter Ord'.

See the blog for more about this amazing artist and links to info from @artukdotorg.bsky.social and Tolquhon Gallery.
Object of the Week
This week's object of the week is a pair of semi-abstract watercolour paintings, created c.1980 by Gordon Bryce RSA. They are titled 'Riverbed' and 'Edge of the Wood, Easter Ord'. Riverbed, Gordon Bryce, C. 1980 "Gordon Bryce RSA exhibits regularly across the United Kingdom, his work focusing on still life and landscape subjects, the latter typically of Aberdeenshire and the west coast of Scotland.
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January 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
harrietrichardsonb.bsky.social
Although the first edition of Aberdeenshire: north and Moray has fab photos and was only published in 2015. (They chose an aerial of Tolquhon, informative but not pretty.)
August 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
harrietrichardsonb.bsky.social
Tolquhon Castle, formal entrance to the courtyard house, and my attempt at rescuing a poor photo by cropping it and turning it ‘noir’. Late 16thC #Scottish #Castle
August 13, 2024 at 8:10 AM
harrietrichardsonb.bsky.social
Bee boles with skeps in them. Tolquhon Castle, near Ellon to the north of Aberdeen. (That’s ‘Ta-hoon’, if you were wondering- I did.)
Stone wall with regularly spaced square alcoves known as bee boles with wicker upside down baskets, or skeps, in them meant for bees to make their hives in.
August 13, 2024 at 7:49 AM
harrietrichardsonb.bsky.social
Tarves church, Aberdeenshire. Built 1798, with particularly fine ‘cherry-cocking’, the Tolquhon aisle with Forbes tomb a survivor from previous church on the spot, and some striking gravestones.
Detail of east end of Tarves parish church Gravestones with memento mori Tolquhon aisle, tomb of William Forbes 1589
August 11, 2024 at 5:18 PM
painter247.bsky.social
Alice McMurrough's work is an absolute treat.
I call it Therese's Revenge. (only my interpretation)

www.tolquhon-gallery.co.uk/164_alice-mc...
Alice McMurrough
View original paintings by Scottish artist, Alice McMurrough, at Tolquhon Gallery. One of Scotland’s most distinctive artists. Buy art online.
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November 29, 2024 at 1:33 PM
willwyeth.bsky.social
#ADoorAbleThursday from Tolquhon Castle (1580s), main door with wicket.

It’s doing well for poss being original door, though areas show clenched bolts passing through both skins. Inside face shows (AFAIK) v unusual joinery: back boards rest in dovetail recesses cut into front board. Skilled work.
Photograph of the entrance doorway and door at Tolquhon Castle in Aberdeenshire. The door comprises a broad c120cm-wide round-headed artefact, with a simple square-headed door cut into it on the left side. There whole surface is covered in bolt heads laid diamond-pattern. There is a diamond-shaped peeps hole in the wicket, and several keyholes. The doorframe comprises a single very large roll moulding. Photograph of a section of the wicket door, showing the two board skins being held together by a large nail with rounded concave head driven through the front board and then the back, it’s point then being hammered back into the matrix of the back board (clenched). Photograph of the inside face of the entire door. It is carried on the left hand jamb by three broad pintles (the lower a remaking). It has three straps with plains curl terminals, the lower two with a further medial hinge to operate the whilst door. There is a stock lock added on the wicket door which appears to be a more recent addition. Photograph of the threshold of the door on the outside face, focussing on the area of where the main door meets its wicket. There are three cut hollows for vertical bolts to rest in, suggesting the wicket has been a consistent feature of this opening, perhaps remade several times.
May 21, 2026 at 8:37 AM
ailishsinclair.bsky.social
The Annual ‘Harvest in Scotland’ Post

I do seem to write one of these every year, so here we go! The harvest in Scotland is happening now. Golden crops abound, some cut, some not. The above field is over by Tolquhon Castle which I visited briefly at the weekend. The rather wonderful gate: I…
The Annual ‘Harvest in Scotland’ Post
I do seem to write one of these every year, so here we go! The harvest in Scotland is happening now. Golden crops abound, some cut, some not. The above field is over by Tolquhon Castle which I visited briefly at the weekend. The rather wonderful gate: I attended a lovely wedding that day too... Confetti: And the brambles are ripening...
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August 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
dirleton.bsky.social
Tolquhon Castle near Pitmedden in Aberdeenshire (Scotland) reconstruction mock-up over @undisscot.bsky.social
image. #TolquhonCastle #ScottishCastles #HistoryRebuilt
June 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
dirleton.bsky.social
Reconstruction mock-up of Tolquhon Castle in Aberdeenshire (Scotland). A 16th-century Scottish baronial mansion built around a 15th-century tower. A Forbes family home. #TolquhonCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles
May 18, 2026 at 5:26 PM
dirleton.bsky.social
Reconstruction mock-up of Tolquhon Castle in Aberdeenshire (Scotland). A 16th-century Scottish baronial mansion built around a 15th-century tower. A Forbes family home. #TolquhonCastle #HistoryRebuilt #ScottishCastles
April 20, 2026 at 2:47 PM
1davidelston.bsky.social
Pellitory-of-the-wall has a long history at Tolquhon Castle, North Aberdeenshire, the first BSBI record being attributed to the Earl of Aberdeen in 1817. Took a bit of searching to find some yesterday as the ruins have mostly been cleansed of vegetation, but I'm pleased to say it is still there!
August 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
1davidelston.bsky.social
Two botanical highlights from a walk between Pitmedden and Tarves in North Aberdeenshire today: a large patch of common polypody on a wall-top refuge, sadly suffering from droughting; and dandelion leaves featuring in tile art at Tolquhon Gallery!
May 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
undisscot.bsky.social
The Tarves Tomb, a superbly preserved monumental tomb in the kirkyard in Tarves, Aberdeenshire. Dating back to 1596, it is the final resting place of William Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon and his wife, Elizabeth Gordon. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Tarves #Aberdeenshire
The Tarves Tomb. The image shows a niche in what was originally the wall of a church. It has an arched top and is extremely highly decorated with ornate carvings above, below and around it. The niche itself is empty. The stonework is a slightly brownish grey.
July 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
undisscot.bsky.social
Tolquhon Castle near Pitmedden in Aberdeenshire. This is a remarkably complete courtyard castle that was built in the 1580s around an earlier tower dating back to the very beginning of the 1400s. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Tolquhon #Castle #Pitmedden #Aberdeenshire
Tolquhon Castle near Pitmedden in Aberdeenshire. The image shows the exterior of the corner of a large castle which stands to roof height but is roofless. There’s a tree on the left and a low stone plinth surrounds the base of the castle with mown grass sloping away to the right and towards the camera. The sky is blue.
June 25, 2026 at 6:01 AM
undisscot.bsky.social
The Tolquhon Tomb, a superbly preserved monumental tomb in the kirkyard in Tarves, Aberdeenshire. Dating back to 1596, it is the final resting place of William Forbes, 7th Laird of Tolquhon and his wife, Elizabeth Gordon. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Tarves #Aberdeenshire
The Tolquhon Tomb. The image shows a niche in what was originally the wall of a church. It has an arched top and is extremely highly decorated with ornate carvings above, below and around it. The niche itself is empty. The stonework is a slightly brownish grey.
July 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM