Hatton Castle, a square castellated mansion of 1814, with finely-wooded grounds, in Turriff parish, N Aberdeenshire, 3¼ miles SE of Turriff town. It comprises a fragment of the ancient baronial castle of Balquholly (Gael. baile-choille, ' town in the wood '), the seat of the Mowats from the 13th century till 1723, when the estate was sold to Alexander Duff, Esq. His descendant, Garden Alexander Duff, Esq. (b. 1853; suc. 1866), holds 11, 576 acres in the shire, valued at £9662 per annum.Ord. Sur., sh. 86, 1876.
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