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	Balvenie Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Balvenie Castle is a ruined castle near Dufftown in the Grampian region of Scotland.
		Balvenie Castle served as a garrison during the Jacobite rebellion.
		Balvenie whisky is produced by William Grant and Sons at the Balvenie distillery next to the castle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balvenie_Castle (182 words)

	Balvenie Castle: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Balvenie Castle is a ruined castle (castle: A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack) near Dufftown (Dufftown: dufftown is a burgh in moray, scotland, united kingdom....
		Balvenie Castle served as a garrison during the Jacobite rebellion (Jacobite rebellion: jacobitism was the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the stuart kings to...
		Balvenie whisky (Balvenie whisky: balvenie is a speyside single malt scotchsingle malt scotch whisky distilled by...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/balvenie_castle (432 words)

	Balvenie Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		The castle under Stewart ownership became established as a place of gracious living and in 1550, the Earl of Atholl incorporated an elegant renaissance house into the structure.
		The authoritative and engaging story of Scotland's Castles from the 12th to the 16th centuries, from mighty castles royal to tall storeys and poky dwellings.
		Scotland's breathtaking countryside is studded with ancient castles, and many have stood strong for more than a millennium, each bearing witness to the rich and often bloody history of a nation that has survived generations of attacks from marauding invaders from every point of the compass.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /dufftown/balveniecastle (1015 words)

	CastleXplorer - Balvenie Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Balvenie Castle was built in the late 13th century for the Comyns, Earls of Buchan.
		In the early 15th century the castle was owned by the ‘Black Douglases’, one of the most powerful families in Scotland.
		The curtain wall that surrounds this courtyard castle was built by the Comyns, but the eastern side of the castle was completely remodelled in the 16th century by John Stewart, 4th earl of Atholl.
	www.castlexplorer.co.uk /scotland/balvenie/balvenie_info.php (249 words)

	Auchindoun Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Auchindoun Castle is a 15th century L-Plan tower castle near Duffton in the Grampian region of Scotland.
		While there is evidence of prehistoric, probably Pictish 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(1458-79).
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auchindoun_Castle (379 words)

	Balvenie Double Wood Malt
		Balvenie is unusual in having its own maltings and growing (some of) its own barley.
		It's nucleus was 'new' Balvenie Castle, which had been designed by James Gibb and built in 1724 for the first Earl of Fife in the Adam style.
		In 1673 the castle was bought by Alexander Duff of Braco, who gave his name to nearby Dufftown and whose descendants became Earls of Fife.
	www.qixer.com /shop/nl/p_348.html (184 words)

	Auchindoun Castle: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Auchindoun Castle is a ruined castle (castle: A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack) near Duffton in the Grampian (Grampian: grampian was a local government region of scotland from 1975 to 1996....
		Stones taken from the castle have been used in local farm buildings and nearby Balvenie Castle (Balvenie Castle: balvenie castle is a ruined castle near dufftown in the grampian region of scotl...
		While standing, the castle had a large central tower and high curtain wall (curtain wall: a curtain wall is a common feature of medieval castles....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/auchindoun_castle (476 words)

	Balvenie Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		century Balvenie was extended by the addition of a domestic block (to the left of the entrance).
		Balvenie was originally a Comyn seat, followed by the Douglas’s, but in 1470 it was granted to John Stewart, later 1
		The castle was used as a garrison during the Jacobite rebellion but was abandoned following Culloden, as Duff had erected a classical Balvenie House nearby in 1724.
	www.highlandtraveller.com /sites/castles/balvenie.html (216 words)

	Balvenie Castle & Mary, Queen of Scots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Balvenie passed to the Douglases, then to John Stewart, Earl of Atholl, son-in-law of the Earl of Huntly, in 1455.
		The castle was used by the Duke of Montrose during his campaign of 1644-5 against the Covenanters, and it was nearby that a Covenanter force, led by Alexander Leslie, defeated a Royalist army in 1649.
		The castle was abandoned in 1724, and the ruins were put into the care of the state in 1929.
	www.marie-stuart.co.uk /Castles/Balvenie.htm (269 words)

	Grampian
		The L-shape castle was built in 1628 by the Earl of Mar. It was burnt down in 1698 and in 1732 was turned into a private residence.
		Inside the castle a winding staircase leads to a Great Hall which is sometimes the setting for concerts of 18th and 19th century music.
		The oldest part of the castle dates back to the 13th century and behind its stout walls is a labyrinth of rooms and passages rich in Edwardian furnishings and 16th century tapestries.
	www.westair-reproductions.com /mappage/grampian.htm (1076 words)

	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 (117 words)

	Balvenie Castle on AboutBritain.com
		Balvenie is a castle of enclosure first owned by the Comyns, with a curtain wall of 13th century date.
		This is a magnificent ruin of a castle, from the 12th century motte to the palace block erected in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Gordon family.
		Banff, famed for its architecture, is close to the gorgeous coastal village of Penan and to Portsoy with its 17th century harbour.
	www.aboutbritain.com /BalvenieCastle.htm (367 words)

	UISGE! Balvenie Distillery: All about it
		Balvenie is the sister distillery to Glenfiddich (qv) and was built in 1892 just four years after William Grant's first venture on the Fiddich Burn.
		Balvenie is totally different in character from Glenfiddich, despite its proximity and the fact that both use the same water and peat reek on the malt.
		Balvenie Castle ruins have a double-leaf 'yett' (the Scottish version of a portcullis gate) that is the only one of its kind in the country.
	www.uisge.com /wt/d/balvenie.html (534 words)

	Balvenie Castle, dufftown - Wee Guides to scotland castles and mansions
		The Comyns built the first castle, then called Mortlach, which was destroyed or much reduced by the forces of Robert the Bruce in 1308.
		Balvenie passed to the Douglases, then to John Stewart, Earl of Atholl, in 1455.
		The castle was used by the Marquis of Montrose during his campaign of 1644-5 against the Covenanters, and it was nearby that a Covenanter force, led by Alexander Leslie, defeated a Royalist army in 1649, taking 900 prisoners.
	www.scotland2000.com /weeguides/castles/14.htm (143 words)

	Scotch Single Malt Whisky Distilleries in the Speyside, Dufftown District of the Highlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The previous, and still most prevalent method of adding a measure of sherry to a single malt was to mix together, at bottling time, whiskies that had spent their entire maturing period in one cask or the other.
		When The Balvenie revised their line of releases in theearly 1990's, the two expressions above were reduced to 40 vol.
		Technically, The Balvenie is not mixed with an Islay malt, but maturing in wood that is permeated with Islay malt achieves the same effect.
	www.maltwhiskey.com /html/dufftown.htm (1960 words)

	HISTORY OF DUFFTOWN
		A courtyard castle, Balvenie Castle was probably begun in the thirteenth century.
		From 1459 to the seventeenth century the Stewarts, Earl of Atholl, retained Balvenie.
		In 1562 Mary Queen of Scots spent two nights at the castle on her northern campaign against the Gordons; it gave refuge to the Marquis of Montrose in 1644 and was stormed by the royalists in 1649.
	www.dufftown.co.uk /htryduff.htm (564 words)

	Vancouver Restaurants - Fets Pasta Bar and Grill — British Columbia, Canada
		The ruins of Balvenie castle overlook the balvenie distillery on speyside.
		The castle was first built in the thirteenth century and was fought over, embattled and besieged until 1455 The King of Scotland, King James II, took the castle.
		William Grant bought a field beneath the shadow of the castle and laid the foundation stone for the glenfiddich distillery in the autumn of 1886.
	www.fetsbarandgrill.com /menus_whiskey_speyside03.html (345 words)

	Balvenie review by Alternative Whisky Academy, Information about The Balvenie whisky, AWA Balvenie whisky ...
		Each Balvenie single malt reflects in its individuality, different aspects of the tradition, skill and care that are the hallmarks of the Balvenie Distillery.
		Balvenie Distillery still grows its own barley, malts in its own traditional floor maltings, employs coopers to tend the barrels and coppersmiths to tend the stills.
		The Balvenie is most unusual in producing a range of three malt whiskies of different age and caracter.
	www.awa.dk /whisky/balvenie (407 words)

	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.
		One of the strongest clans in the Western Highlands, the Campbells were associated with a number of castles in the region.
		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 (1875 words)

	Historic places to go - Grampian
		Called the "Queen of Highland Castles" this was the stronghold of the Earls of Mar, and headquarters for organising the 1715 Jacobite Rising by the last Mar owner "Bobbing John".
		This fine 16th century castle built for the Fraser family was altered to take the first lighthouse built by the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses in 1787.
		A seat of the Fraser's lies within view of Pitsligo castle, this ruin was built in the 16th century and was abandoned in 1850.
	www.electricscotland.com /historic/grampian.html (3178 words)

	Balvenie Castle - TheBestLinks.com - Scotland, 15th century, 16th century, 12th century, ...
		Balvenie Castle - TheBestLinks.com - Scotland, 15th century, 16th century, 12th century,...
		Balvenie Castle, Scotland, 15th century, 16th century, 12th century, 1720...
		The castle fell into the ownership of the Clan Douglass (the Black Douglasses) in the early 15th century when the Comyns were wiped out by Robert the Bruce.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Balvenie_Castle.html (198 words)

	Balvenie Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The castle changed hands several times but has never seen any sieges or battles.
		The Black Comyn's, Earls of Buchan held the castle and ruled the ancient Celtic province in the 1200's.
		The castle apparently stood vacant for a few years before the Black Douglasses took up residence in the early 1400's.
	www.darkisle.com /b/balvenie/belvenie.html (129 words)

	DUFFTOWN - LoveToKnow Article on DUFFTOWN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A portion of old Balvenie Castle, a ruin, is considered to be of Pictish origin, but most of it is in the Scots Baronial.
		The new castle, an uninteresting building, was erected in 1724 by the earl of Fife, and though untenanted is maintained in repair.
		Two miles to the S.E. of Duiftown is the ruined castle of Auchindown, finely situated on a limestone crag, 200 ft. high, of which three sides are washed by the Fiddich and the fourth was protected by a moat.
	www.1911ency.org /D/DU/DUFFTOWN.htm (461 words)

	Catriona Fraser: Photograph of Balvenie Castle, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Strategically located in Glen Fiddich, this castle was the ancestral home and chief seat of the immensely powerful "Black" Comyn earls of Buchan, who ruled over this ancient Celtic region until they were wiped out by King Robert The Bruce in the 14th century.
		The castle then becomes home of the "Black" Douglases, that formidable baronial family who provided many of Bruce's warriors.
		By 1455 the castle becomes a Stewart castle and remained so until it was abandoned in 1720.
	www.catrionafraser.com /balvenie.html (88 words)

	Dullatur House - Bed and Breakfast accommodation motel rest and relaxation sight-seeing tracel places to stay in ...
		Although completely restored in the early 1930's this spectacular building is the archetypal Scottish Highland Castle standing in a breathtaking and incomparable landscape.
		The original castle was given to John Loyn, Lord of Glamis, in 1376- a gift from Robert 1 when lyon married his daughter.
		The tower dates from this time and forms the core of the present, building, said to be Scotland's most haunted castle, with Macbeth numbered among its ghosts.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~mooread/attract3.htm (282 words)

	Relax at Easter Corrie and tour the Scottish Castle Trail
		Beautifully restored Corgarff Castle dates from 1537 and is the place where Margaret Forbes and her family were burned to death in 1571 during a clan feud.
		Balmoral Castle has been the Scottish home of the Royal Family since it was purchased for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852.
		The castle grounds, ballroom and coach house exhibitions are all open to the public.
	www.eastercorrie.com /castles_touring.php (257 words)

	Attractions near Balvenie Castle on AboutBritain.com
		Home to the Brodies for over 700 years, this lovely castle glows a rich warm pink in the sunshine.
		This fairytale-like castle, which exemplifies some of the best Scottish Baronial architecture, seems to have grown naturally out of the beautiful rolling hillsides of Aberdeenshire.
		Undoubtedly one of the finest castles in Scotland, Fyvie can trace its royal connections back to 1211 and William the Lion.
	www.aboutbritain.com /AttractionsNearBalvenieCastle.asp (308 words)

	Balvenie Distillery Profile (Malt Madness - about single malt whisky) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Balvenie distillery in Dufftown (not to be confused with
		Balvenie castle shown in the picture at the right) was built
		A 50yo Balvenie from 1952 was released in 2002; after half a century cask #191 still produced 83 bottles.
	www.maltmadness.com /balvenie.html (1001 words)

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