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	Huntly Castle Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		This castle was burned by the Earl of Moray in 1452, a member of the Black Douglas family and an opponent of King James II.
		In 1640 Huntly Castle was occupied by the Covenanting Army.
		In 1644 it was held for the King by the Duke of Montrose.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /huntly/huntlycastle/index.html (1055 words)

	Travels in Scotland : Huntly Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Huntly is considered one of the "noblest baronial mansions" in Scotland.
		The old castle was burned down in 1452 by the Douglas Earl of Moray, and the first Earl of Huntly put up the 'new werk' in the mid-15th century just to the south of the auld-werk (the large tower).
		The 2nd Marquis of Huntly was hanged for his support of Charles I and in 1640 the castle was occupied by the Covenanters, who destroyed much of the interior, including defacing much of the stonework of religious images.
	www.phouka.com /travel/castles/huntly/huntly.html (404 words)

	Huntly Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Huntly Castle is a ruined castle near Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
		In 1496, the pretender to the English throne Perkin Warbeck was married to Catherine Gordon at Huntly Castle, an act witnessed by James IV.
		A mound in the grounds of the castle is all that remains of an earlier 12th century motte.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huntly_Castle (270 words)

	Huntly Castle & Mary, Queen of Scots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lord Huntly was a grandson of James IV and therefore Mary's cousin.
		Huntly retreated into the wilds of Badenoch while his wife Elizabeth once more attempted to intervene on his behalf, but Mary declined to see her.
		Huntly was counting on the many men who, although on the Queen's side, wore heather sprigs in their caps to signify their allegiance to him, but desertion occurred in his own ranks.
	www.marie-stuart.co.uk /Castles/Huntly.htm (959 words)

	Huntly - LoveToKnow 1911
		HUNTLY, a police burgh, burgh of barony and parish of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, capital of the district of Strathbogie.
		It is a market town and the centre of a large agricultural district, its chief industries including agricultural implement-making, hosiery weaving, weaving of woollen cloth, and the manufacture of lamps and boots.
		Huntly Castle, half a mile to the north, now in ruins, was once a fortalice of the Comyns.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Huntly (207 words)

	Huntly Castle - Myths and Legends
		Castle Huntly, like many other noble buildings has its share of tales to tell, some of which are founded in fact, some of which have become so distorted through time as to be barely recognisable, all are enjoyable to hear and to recount.
		The maid at Castle Huntly had always been nervous about going near the Waterloo room after dark, and it was known that English maids had been scared out of their wits.
		Castle Lyon too saw the retreat of the Chevalier and his forces and their pursuit by the army of Argyll.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/kenneill/huntly/myths_legends.htm (1262 words)

	TORSI : Scotland : Huntly Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The town of Huntly lies in the Grampians at the crossing of the A97 (leading from north to south) and the A96 (leading from Aberdeen to Elgin in the north west).
		The castle is really magnificient and at the time of Mary Queen Of Scots it was owned by the Earl of Huntly, one of the most powerful figures of that time.
		The riches of the Earl of Huntly can easily be guessed from the imposing size of the castle but also from its ornaments, for example at the front windows (33 kB) or the fireplace (75 kB) in the Great Hall.
	www.math.tu-clausthal.de /~matsa/Urlaub/Huntly.Castle.gb.html (288 words)

	Huntly Castle
		The bailey was reused in later incarnations of the castle.
		In 1306 the castle was held by John of Strathbogie, Earl of Fife and Atholl, a staunch
		Huntly Castle was looted and George's younger son was executed.
	www.houseofgordonva.com /HuntlyCastle.html (935 words)

	www.hyperbear.com: Scottish Castles and Ruins - Huntly Castle Essay
		The three most prominent "castle grounds" are the Borders, the Lothian area east of Edinburgh, and the eastern highland area west of the coastal city of Aberdeen.
		Huntly Castle is found within the small town of Huntly down a narrow lane, with a park and a golf course as it's neighbours.
		Huntly Castle is rewarding in this respect, since it's nestled in the forest and the grounds are quiet and peaceful.
	www.hyperbear.com /scotland/essays/scot-essays-huntly.html (2737 words)

	DO WELL AND LET THEM SAY: GORDON
		His grandfather had been made hereditary keeper of the castle of Inverness in 1495, and when Queen Mary went thither in the course of the royal progress which she undertook to establish her brother in his earldom, she found the gates of the castle closed in her face by Huntly’s castelan.
		In the upshot the castle was taken and the castelan hanged, and Mary, marching eastward through Huntly’s country, encountered him with her army on the slopes of Corrichie on Deeside.
		The castle consists of the motte and bailey built for the Norman Barron Duncan ("of Strathbolgyn") Earl of Fife in the 12th century, a mediaeval L-plan tower housing a ground floor prison and the defence earthworks remaining from the Civil War.
	www.houseofgordon.com /HISTORY.html (5242 words)

	CastleXplorer - Huntly Castle
		The Peel of Strathbogie was a motte and bailey castle built by Duncan (II), earl of Fife, in the early 13th century.
		During the Civil War Huntly Castle was held periodically by forces from both sides of the conflict after the second marquis of Huntly was beheaded for supporting the king.
		The castle last saw action during the 1745 Jacobite Rising, but by this time it had already been abandoned as a residence and was falling into ruin.
	www.castlexplorer.co.uk /scotland/huntly/huntly.php (369 words)

	Huntly Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		The original name persisted long after 1506, when Alexander, the third Earl of Huntly, was granted a charter changing the name of his castle (subsequently Huntly Castle) and his surrounding lands.
		Huntly is also well placed to take advantage of the road network, lying on the main A96 from Aberdeen to Inverness.
		The centre of Huntly is an intriguing and attractive mix of the large stone buildings on the main routes and around the square, backed by a grid of streets flanked by smaller scale stone cottages and houses.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /huntly/huntly (519 words)

	Castle Huntly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Castle Huntly is thought to date from the 15th century and was built by Baron Gray of Fowlis under licence from James II of Scotland.
		In the 1770s, the castle was sold by the widow of the 7th Earl of Strathmore to George Paterson of the East India Company who also changed the name back to Castle Huntly.
		In 1947 the castle was refurbished and became a borstal institution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castle_Huntly (524 words)

	Angeltigerlily's Aberdeen Castles
		The castle has remained in the family by direct descent since the 14th century.Fine collections of armour, furnishings, paintings and tapestries are to be seen in it.
		At the end of the 18th century, the Castle was renovated, all the turrets and parapets being removed and the whole turned into a plain Georgian mansion house.
		The remais of Huntly today are mainly remnants of the rebuilding programmes of the 4th and 5th Earls in the 16th and 17th centuries.
	www.usedbooks-websitedesign.com /Castles.html (997 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Gordon : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Huntly was for the king, but when he moved his forces south, the Earl of Moray, kinsman and ally of the Douglases, devastated the Gordon lands and burned Huntly Castle.
		In 1496 Huntly Castle hosted the marriage of the pretender, Perkin Warbeck, believed at the time to be one of the missing sons of Edward IV (the ‘princes in the tower’), to Lady Catherine Gordon.
		Huntly’s pride was such that he found it impossible to co-operate with Montrose, and some historians have suggested that had he done so wholeheartedly, the whole course of the war in Scotland might have been very different.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Gordon_41/default.php (925 words)

	The Union of The Crowns - St. Andrews Castle
		Andrews Castle is situated on a rocky promontory by the sea at St. Andrews' historic town, with a drop to the sea on three sides.
		The remaining ruins are mainly from the replacement castle built by Hamilton in the 16th century.
		The Castle is now under the care of Historic Scotland and it is open to the public all year round.
	www.unionofthecrowns.com /places/01 (123 words)

	Slains - Clan Hay Website
		In 1594 both Old Slains and the Hay house of Delgatie castle were destroyed with gunpowder and cannon by King James VI of Scots (1567 - 1603) in retribution for the Hays involvement in the Roman Catholic/Spanish plot known as the 'Treaty of the Spanish Blanks'.
		Lachlan MacLean of Duart castle on the Isle of Mull on the west coast.
		It could be speculated that the castles of Tantallon, Slains, Duart and Caerlaverock because of their proximity to the sea, would be ideal sites for ships to moor nearby to load on supplies and troops for an invasion of England.
	www.clanhay.net /CASTLES/OldSlains.php (3404 words)

	North East Scotland Information, Events & Business Directory - Planlocal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Huntly is hill girt and river-wrought: the rivers Bogie and Deveron enclose two sides of the town of Huntly which lies in a wide bowl of rolling, upland country.
		Huntly is the ancient capital of the Gordon Clan and the people of the town have always regarded the Gordon Highlanders as their own regiment.
		The castle consists of the motte and bailey built for the Norman Barron Duncan ("of Strathbolgyn"), Earl of Fife, in the 12th century, a mediaeval L-plan tower housing a ground floor prison and the defence earthworks remaining from the Civil War.
	www.planlocal.com /about/huntly.asp (1090 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Huntly castle is know for its' unique architecture as well as the unusual red brick/ stone that outlines the windows, fireplace and doorway as well as the fine heraldic sculpture and inscribed stone friezes.
		The details in both the fireplace show off the family crests of both King Robert the Bruce and Sir Adam Gordon and King James VI "Huntly Castle's doorway has a splendid heraldic frontispiece which was added by the 1st Marquis of Huntly in the late 16th century.
		From bottom to top the frontispiece begins with the arms of the Marquis of Huntly and his wife, Henrietta Stewart; above this are the arms of King James VI and his queen, Anne of Denmark.
	studentwebs.coloradocollege.edu /~k_huntley/castles/huntlycastle.htm (555 words)

	Huntly Castle - Wee Guides to Scotland castles and mansions
		An older castle here, called Strathbogie, was built by the MacDuff Earls of Fife on a nearby motte, and passed to the Gordons early in the 14th century.
		The 4th Earl of Huntly was defeated - and then died, reportedly from apoplexy - by the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, at the Battle of Corrichie in 1562, and his son was executed.
		The 2nd Marquis of Huntly was hanged for his support of Charles I, and in 1640 the castle was occupied by a Covenanters.
	www.scotland2000.com /weeguides/castles/93.htm (294 words)

	Castle Hotel Huntly Scotland - Home - Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail - Scotland's Castle Trail
		Huntly is situated in the heart of rural Aberdeenshire in the north east of Scotland and is ideally placed for exploring the numerous whisky distilleries on the Malt Whisky Trail such as Glenfiddich, Gordon and MacPhail, Glenlivet, Glen Grant, Chivas Regal.
		The Castle Trail is a selection of eleven of the world's most unique scottish castles including Craigievar Castle, Kildrummy Castle, Crathes Castle, Corgaff Castle, Fyvie Castle, Drum Castle and the magnificent Haddo House and Leith Hall.
		The Castle Hotel is also the perfect location for all your conference and business meeting needs in the north east of Scotland, offering a tranquil, but convenient location to meet.
	www.castlehotel.uk.com (337 words)

	Europe 2002
		this rambling, turreted castle has been altered and extended so often in its 700-year history that it now provides a unique insight into the history and changing tastes of aristocratic life in the Highlands.
		standing forlorn on the vast expanse of the Highlands, this tower castle housed the English militia in their constant fight against the illegal distilleries and malt whisky distributors before the tax laws were changed allowing for legal distilleries.
		The present building, in the style of a Castle, was built between 1745-85.
	www.rozylowicz.com /retirement/scotland2003/scotland2003-2.html (505 words)

	Huntly Castle - The Ice-House
		The whole structure of Castle Huntly ice-house is very similar to that at Moredun House, Midlothian, but the latter does not have the concave sides.
		The ice-house at Castle Huntly then called Castle Lyon was installed by Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl of Kinghorne who succeeded to the Castles of Huntly and Glamis in 1646.
		After 1728 Castle Lyon ceased to be used as a residence by the Earls and was mostly occupied as a Dower House by the widows of various Earls.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/kenneill/huntly/icehouse.htm (915 words)

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		This is probably the earliest known photograph of the Fireplace in the Great Hall at Huntly Castle taken prior to the rescue of the castle in the late 19th century.
		Huntly Castle and with gunpowder supplied by the Provost of Aberdeen caused much damage to the old tower, and less so to the newer blocks.
		In 1644 the castle was held briefly by the Earl of Montrose against Argyll's Covenanting army.
	www.heraldry-scotland.co.uk /monumentgal/gallery.asp?ID=87 (1024 words)

	Huntly (Strathbogie) Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Strategically placed Huntly Castle, at the confluence of rivers Deveron and Bogie, some 40 miles north-west of Aberdeen, was quite a palace in its time and still worth a visit today if you are in the area.
		Subsequently the 4th Earl of Huntly rebuilt much of his grandfather's home but it was changed again in the 17th century by the first Marquess of Huntly.
		Not to be confused with Castle Huntly at Longforgan near Dundee.
	www.castles.org /Chatelaine/HUNTLY.HTM (209 words)

	A TourUK guide to Huntly Castle Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The castle was in a good position to control the route north to Inverness.
		The Gordan family flourished at the castle and became the earls of Huntley.
		The castle walls were thick and defended by gun ports and iron gates.
	www.touruk.co.uk /castlesscot/castle_Huntly.htm (400 words)

	On the hunt for family history Chicago Sun-Times - Find Articles
		Though the original castle, a wooden tower, dated to the 12th century, the ruins reflect building begun in the 14th century, when the castle became seat of the Gordon clan.
		The contents of Huntly castle, described by an English official as the "beste funishede of anye house that I have seen," were hauled away to Mary's Holyroodhouse Castle in Edinburgh.
		The Earl of Huntly died in the battle and one of his sons was beheaded in front of the queen, who of course would ultimately suffer the same fate.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20040926/ai_n12561087?lstpn=article_results&lstpc=search&lstpr=external&lstprs=other&lstwid=1&lstwn=search_results&lstwp=body_middle (936 words)

	Huntly Castle and the 2nd Marquis - ScotWars
		In October, 1644, the castle was briefly held by Montrose against Argyll.
		In December of the same year Huntly himself was captured and on his way to execution at Edinburgh was detained, by a refinement of cruelty, in his own mansion.
		Thereafter, it became a common quarry until a groundswell of antiquarian sentiment in the 19th Century came to the rescue of the noble pile.
	www.scotwars.com /html/huntly_castle.htm (235 words)

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