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Abergeldie castle is left on the brink by rising flood waters

Calamity castle: Queen's neighbour flees 450-year-old home next to Balmoral which was left teetering on brink by rising flood waters as storms uncover 130-year-old ship wreck off Cornish coast

The Queen's neighbour in Balmoral has had to leave his historic 450-year-old castle as it is threatened by rising flood waters. John Seton Howard Gordon, whose 11,687-acre Abergeldie estate is enclosed by Balmoral on three sides, had to flee the castle as it was 'teetering on the brink'. The castle (top right when it was a safer distance from the water), built around 1550 by Sir Alexander Gordon of Midmar, sits alongside the River Dee which was turned into a raging torrent after Storm Frank battered Scotland. As the river burst its banks, it left the castle just feet away from the water's edge (left and top right).

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