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CORSE CASTLE 265 FOURTH PERIOD CORSE CASTLE, ABERDEENSHIRE. This ruinous castle is pleasantly situated in a retired locality about three miles north from Lumphanan Station on the Deeside Railway. The Corse Burn, which runs through the hollow adjoining, has been dammed up, and forms a fine sheet of water to the south of the castle (Fig. 721). FIG. 721. Corse Castle. View from the South. The property has long belonged to the Forbeses, and the present building was erected in 1581 by William Forbes, the father of Patrick, the well-known Bishop of Aberdeen. The date and his initials are on the lintel of the entrance doorway (see sketch, Fig. 723). This castle is a peculiar modification of the Z plan (Fig. 723); indeed, one would almost suppose that. the castle had at first been built on this plan, and that the east wing had afterwards been added,