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Loch Leven Castle Loch Leven Castle is a castle on an island at in Loch Leven in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland. The castle was granted to the Clan Douglas family in 1372 by King Robert II of Scotland. Today, it can be reached by a ferry operated from Kinross by Historic Scotland during the summer months. read-and-go.hopto.org /Castles-in-Scotland/Loch-Leven-Castle.html

Auchindoun Castle Auchindoun Castle is a ruined castle near Duffton in the Grampian region of Scotland. The ruins of the castle are in the care of Historic Scotland, but are in too dangerous a condition to be open to the public. While there is evidence of prehistoric earthworks in the grounds of the castle, the remains most visible today are of the castle constructed in the mid 15th century by Thomas Cochran (later to become an Earl of Mar). www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/auchindoun_castle

Caerlaverock Castle Caerlaverock Castle is a 13th century triangular moated castle in the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve area at the Solway Firth, south of Dumfries in the south of Scotland. The castle is in the care of Historic Scotland, but in the Middle Ages it was owned by the Maxwell family. Both the Castle and the WWT reserve are within the Caerlaverock NNR - National Nature Reserve. read-and-go.hopto.org /Castles-in-Scotland/Caerlaverock-Castle.html

Dufftown Travel Guide Auchindoun Castle is perched on a steep hillside above the River Fiddich, 1mile southeast of Dufftown. At 345 metres or 1,150 feet above sea level, Tomintoul is the highest village in Scotland... Fraserburgh's lighthouse in 1787, was the first ever to be built in Scotland by the Northern Lighthouse Trustees... www.scottishholidays.net /visit/scotland-tour-grampian-dufftown.html

Castles in Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle in Scotland. Note that there are an estimated 3,000 castles in Scotland, ranging in size from royal households and large military outposts with hundreds of rooms to simple fortified farmhouses. Many of these castles are now ruins, and some are known only through historical records. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castles_in_Scotland

Castles from Rampant Scotland Directory The aim is to improve public awareness of Scotland's castles as a valuable inheritance and encourage the responsible ownership, conservation and restoration of ruined structures at risk. Castles and Stately Homes on the Air - Scotland There is documentary evidence on the castle from the thirteenth century to the 1920s, archaeological features, detailed description of the castle's architecture and the castle's early history to the present day including a chronology of events. www.rampantscotland.com /castles.htm

North East Scotland Information, Events & Business Directory - Planlocal Auchindoun Castle is an L-plan tower house standing at three storeys high overlooking the valleys all around. In the vestibule of the church there is an even earlier Pictish stone, the 'Elephant Stone' having been reconstructed in 1876 and 1931, the church looks substantially modern but portions of the older building have survived. The surviving ruin was built by Thomas Cochran, an architect and favourite of King James III, from whom he received the Earldom of Mar in 1479. www.planlocal.com /about/dufftown.asp

Corgarff Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland From 1802 the Castle was used as a farmhouse, but the Government repurchased it in 1827, this time as a base designed specifically to tackle whisky smuggling and illegal distillation in the area. The castle is thought to have been built in about 1550 by John Forbes of Towie. And although it would not have happened at an outpost like Corgarff, in a larger base like Fort George up to one in a hundred soldiers was allowed to marry, and his wife and any family would also live in the barrack room. www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /strathdon/corgarffcastle

Historic Earls and Earldoms of Scotland - Chapter III - Earldom and Earls of Huntly - Section XI Among those slain was Sir Patrick Gordon of Auchindoun, a son of the fourth Earl of Huntly. The Castle of Strathbogie was garrisoned by a body of men under the command of Archibald Carmichael. The Castle of Slains, the seat of the Earl of Erroll, and other mansions of the Gordons, were also dismantled. www.electricscotland.com /WEBCLANS/earldoms/chapter3s11.htm

A list of all castles in Scotland, A-B More than 1200 castles and other medieval buildings can be found in Scotland; here we have a list of more than 300 of them, mostly castles, divided over several pages. This castle is used in the series 'Monarch of the Glen' Present castle dates from the de 20nd c. www.teije.nl /schotland/sch_kastlijst_en.htm

Dufftown Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland This was the site of defensive works built as early as 1000, which were later developed into Auchindoun Castle, a tower house built in the 1400s. This was the base of Adam Gordon, who in 1571 burned down Corgarff Castle and killed 28 women, children and servants of the Forbes clan. Balvenie, a mile to the north, is home to Balvenie Castle, which dates back to the 1200s. www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /dufftown/dufftown

Aswanley :: Aberdeenshire Castles On the way to Dufftown, the Malt Whisky Capital, you will pass the romantic Auchindoun Castle ruins silhouetted on the horizon and behind Ben Rinnes, where you will be rewarded for your climb with the most fantastic view of the Highlands. Scotland's North East Coastline stretches over 200 miles through some diverse maritime landscape: through beautiful unspoilt Moray beaches, Aberdeenshire Fishing Villages tucked away in coves along the coast, seabird colonies, castles and rugged cliffs. A selection of eleven of the world's most unique castles ranging from the fairy tale magic of Craigievar, to the rugged splendour of Kildrummy Castle ruins, to the country house grandeur of Leith Hall. www.aswanley.com /aswanley_localarea.html

CastleXplorer - Northern Scotland To view information about a particular castle either click the castle icon on the map or click the castle name on the list below the map. Hold your mouse pointer over any castle icon to see the castle name. www.castlexplorer.co.uk /n-scot.php

Account of McLea – There was also the family of Auchindoun in Lissmore of whom I suppose the Bishop McLea descended, who built the Castle of Auchindoun, of which family I can give no particular accounts, being utterly a stranger to it, and was never in that place of the Country, being never in Lissmore. It is commonly reported that they came over from Ireland with the McDonalds who are reckoned to be amongst the eldest Macks in Scotland. He gave his Lands of Fcashnacloich to a son of Lochnell's who was fostered in the house, of whom the present Sheriff or [sic]Argyle (Campbell of Stonefield) is descended and who is designed as above. www.macleay.cncfamily.com /account_of_mclea.htm

Webshots - Images of Scotland - Castles and landscape Bluefolds Highland Holiday Cottages in remote Glenlivet, Grampian, Scotland showing the river Livet, river Avon, Cairngorm mountains and the castles in local area. Webshots - Images of Scotland- Castles and landscape community.webshots.com /album/4896590MxsMUekGva

Dufftown self catering holiday cottages in Dufftown - Moray Cottages, Scotland , enclosed gardens and panoramic views over the valley towards Auchindoun castle. www.scotland2000.com /moray

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