Brux Castle
Brux Castle, historically called the Tower of Brux, was the seat of a branch of the Forbes family near Kildrummy in Aberdeenshire. The medieval tower stood on low agricultural ground just south of the River Don; only fragmentary stonework survives and the derelict Mains of Brux now occupies the site. The entry refers to it as a manor raised to a barony in the early 16th century.
Its prime
1505
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1505
What Brux Castle looked like in its prime.
A compact, free‑standing medieval stone tower (referred to as the Tower of Brux) set on low farmland south of the River Don, its silhouette dominated by a simple rectangular mass of coursed masonry and narrow vertical window openings. The tower sits within a small cleared yard area; surrounding landscape is open fields leading toward Kildrummy. Later farm buildings (Mains of Brux) were later built into or beside the site, with fragments of older stonework visible.
Its story
The story of Brux Castle.
Brux Castle, also known as the Tower of Brux, stood about a mile and a half east of Kildrummy in Aberdeenshire, south of the River Don. A branch of the Forbes family acquired the manor of Brux in 1409 through marriage to the heiress, and the estate was raised to a barony in 1504–1505.
The "manor house of Brux" was still referred to as a gentleman's seat in 1724. Little of the structure now survives: the derelict Mains of Brux occupies the site, and some of its stonework is probably reused from the castle.
Step inside
3 places to explore in 1505.
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Clans who held Brux Castle.
The families that held Brux Castle for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
A branch of the Forbes family held Brux from 1409, through marriage to the heiress; raised to a barony in 1504–05.
