Pitfichie Castle is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 24 November 1972. Castle.
Pitfichie Castle
- WRENN ID
- little-cupola-hazel
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Constituency
- West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine MP: Andrew Bowie (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1972
- Type
- Castle
- OS grid reference
- NJ 677 166
- Coordinates
- 57.23942, -2.53574
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Pitfichie Castle is a ruin dating from around 1560 to 1570. It is a three-storey building with an attic, measuring 36 feet by 28 feet, and features a circular angle tower with a diameter of 23 feet. The castle is constructed from rubble and has a vaulted ground floor. The original door is located in the main building, while a slightly later door was transferred to the angle tower. There are remains of a semi-circular arched gate, although the voussoirs fell in 1920. The castle underwent repairs in 1736 but was unroofed by 1769, and the back wall collapsed in 1936.
Local climate
Pitfichie Castle receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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