Talk:Aberdeen Castle

List any useful resources found, but not yet referenced in the article here:

 * On Google books- Annals of Aberdeen: From the Reign of King William the Lion, to the End of the Year 1818 by William Kennedy. Pages 10 to 22 have lots of information on the castle

Possible inconsistencies
Inconsistencies I have found / problems whilst writing this article: Bobbacon 07:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) I have come across contradicting sources claiming a date of destruction as 1306 or 1308.
 * 2) It was Edward the first's army they were supposed to be clearing out, but he died in 1307- therefore if it was destroyed in 1308 it may be the wrong king.
 * 3) I can find no information anywhere about "Gilbert Pecche" so I don't know who he was.
 * 4) I can't find an initial date (even a rough estimate) of when the castle was originally built.
 * 5) I don't know what materials were used- I am assuming wood as it was burned down and this would have not been an unusual material to use at the time.
 * 6) The infobox has fields for 'events' and 'battles'. The seige of Bruce is important- though I do not know what this is historically called and there was another event when Wallace massacred English troops as they were leaving the castle and the city on the beach, but I know nothing of this event or its name.


 * Good effort &mdash; it's an elusive thing to find information about, for sure.
 * I'm a little bit uncomfortable about the picture. Despite an informative caption, I think it's misleading because the initial impression on viewing the page would be "Oh, there's a picture of Aberdeen Castle." I think it would be better to find an old engraving or some such copyright-expired picture, even if – as is likely – it's only a fairly speculative one. – Kieran T  (' talk ') 09:27, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I have taken the picture out. I wasn't sure myself either as the citadel looks like a castle! (hence the long caption!) Bobbacon 10:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Gilbert Pecche
I think "Gilbert Pecche" may have been "Sir Gilbert Pecche, Baron of Corby" but I can't be sure as I don't have a reference. I found a book on Google Book search that referred to this man as having met Edward I in the late 1200's so the period and stature seem right. Unfortunately I can't find the book again- although the reference was vague. Bobbacon 12:00, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Notice of requested move
It has been proposed to move Aberdeen to Aberdeen, Scotland or Aberdeen city, and to move Aberdeen (disambiguation) to Aberdeen. The discussion about this is here. --Una Smith (talk) 16:19, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

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Burned and demolished
I added new section names to replace "History," but but it appears the first section "Burned and demolished" with dates 1307-08 should be last, following events in 1295-96.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:54, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

John Balliol
How can the Sheriff of Aberdeen have declared the castle in the name of Balliol in 1297? This was after his abdication and he was imprisoned in England (or was he in France by then?) either way, he was no longer King of Scots. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.199.19.23 (talk) 12:41, 5 April 2020 (UTC)