Grampian, Scotland, beautifully situated by the River Dee was purchased in 1852 by Prince Albert to be the holiday home of the Royal Family and… Read More »Balmoral Castle (Scotland) – the Queen, the tour and some historical images
Stonehaven, Grampian, stands on a real dream of a castle site – a hard red rock full with a variety of large pebbles and rocks… Read More »Dunnottar Castle (Scottish castle)
Crathes Castle in Grampian, is another Scottish fairy tale castle with turrets and gargoyles, built in late16th century; the seat of the family of Burnett… Read More »Crathes Castle (photo gallery)
Grampian, Scotland, was built started with a 13th century keep, to which was later added a Jacobean mansion house ; has belonged to the Irvine… Read More »Drum Castle (oldest keep in Scotland)
Selkirk, Borders, Scotland; the estate was granted to the Douglas family in 1322 and reverted to the Crown in 1450 as a favourite hunting ground;… Read More »Bowhill House
Oban, Argyll, built before 1275 with a high curtain-wall on the rock ; ruined by fire in 1810 , when only some of the courtyard… Read More »Dunstaffnage Castle (Scotland)
– Melrose, Scotland (Borders). Home of Sir Walter Scott, full of memorabilia relating to the famous writer Abbotsford is just 2 miles from Melrose in… Read More »Abbotsford House (Scotland)
Lothian, Scotland, ruins of a romantic castle; destroyed in 1650; fine gardens Dirleton Castle is one of the few proper Medieval Castles still remaining today… Read More »Dirleton Castle (UK)
Perthshire, Scotland, the ancient home of the Earls and Dukes of Atholl since 1269; famous for the only remaining private army in Europe – the… Read More »Blair Castle / Blair Atholl (Scotland) – the only one of his kind
Lothian, Scotland, high up on the volcanic rock; Crown Room with the Scottish Royal crown and other regalia [large photo gallery with selected small and… Read More »Edinburgh Castle (large photo gallery)
Fife, Scotland, home of the family of the Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1372, the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and the birthplace… Read More »Glamis Castle in Fife (Scotland)
Fife, Scotland, was built in 14th century; the chapel was also built that time. Still lived in by the family of the Laird. Balgonie Castle… Read More »Balgonie Castle (Scotland) – photo gallery, map and plan; filming location
in the Royal Mile , Edinburgh, represents urban Scottish high-tenement housing from 17th century. WIKI: The “Land” (sited at 477 Lawnmarket) was originally built in… Read More »Gladstone’s Land
Grampian, Scotland, was started in the 13th century, but the south front’s five round towers were each built in a different century by one of… Read More »Fyvie Castle in Scotland
Fife, Scotland, was built in early 16th century and was used as a hunting lodge by several Stuart monarchs; the palace has one of the… Read More »Falkland Palace (Scotland)
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, 17th century castle , Dumfriesshire home of Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry , renowned collection of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci… Read More »Drumlanrig Castle (Scotland)
In Strathclyde, Scotland, Culzean Castle is a Robert Adam palace, of the Kennedy family, includes a memorial to General Eisenhower .
Pics from Crichton Castle (Royalty free)
Grampian, Scotland, was built about 1530 as a tower house and a lordly residence in one of the most wild and remote districts of Scotland… Read More »Corgarff Castle
Highlands, Scotland, a late 14th century private fortress and a real fairy-tale castle was built around a small living holly tree by the Thanes of… Read More »Cawdor Castle, Scotland
Photo Gallery Castle Menzies. Weem, Perthshire, Scotland, is an excellent and large example of a Z-plan fortified Tower House with flanking towers at diagonally opposite… Read More »Menzies Hotel
Dumfries, Scotland, ruins of a fine example of a triangular site stronghold built by the Maxwell family, besieged by Edward I in 1300; dismantled and… Read More »Caerlaverock Castle, Scotland
Fife, Scotland, ruins of a 15th century keep with a courtyard wall with a gate and a corner tower; once a stronghold of the Balfours… Read More »Burleigh House
Ptotos from Brodie Castle Grampian, Scotland, near Nairn, a typical tower house , was partially burned in 1645 and remodelled in 1730s with additions of… Read More »Brodie Castle, Scotland
