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The castle remains that are still there are from the 14th-century rebuilding, when the castle was redesigned based on the Roslyn Castle model. James V of Scotland visited Findlater in November 1535 after a pilgrimage to Tain. [1] The Laird of Findlater, an Ogilvy, was Master of Household to Mary of Guise. He lost his inheritance following ...
Findlater Castle, ancestral seat of the Earls of Findlater. Huntingtower Castle Cullen House, seat of the Earls of Findlater and Seafield and where the young James Ogilvie would have grown up Findlater's vineyard near Dresden, outline etching by Christian Gottlob Hammer, 1805 Gravestone for Findlater and Fischer at Loschwitz Church
Cullen House is a large house, about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) south-west of the coastal town of Cullen in Moray, Scotland. It was the seat of the Ogilvies of Findlater, who went on to become the Earls of Findlater and Seafield, and it remained in their family until 1982. Building work started on the house in 1600, incorporating some of the ...
The old town of Cullen was demolished in 1822 and its remains are next to Cullen House. It was under James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater, that plans were first mooted for moving the town, [13] but it was not until his successor Ludovick Ogilvy-Grant, 5th Earl of Seafield, that the plans were enacted. The town was moved 0.5 miles (800 metres ...
Auchindoun Castle was held by the Ogilvies from 1482 until 1535 when it passed to the Clan Gordon. [13] Findlater Castle, east of Cullen, Moray, was the seat of the Ogilvies of Findlater and Deskford, whose descendants became Earls of Seafield. [13]
Findlater Castle: Courtyard castle: 14th century: Ruined: Private: Sandend: Foveran Castle: Unknown 12th or 13th century Collapsed 1720 Clan Forbes: Southeast of Ellon:
The Sinclairs of Findlater and Deskford built the castle in the late 14th century, [4] but it passed to the Ogilvies, [1] by marriage after the death of Sir John Sinclair at the Battle of Harlaw. [4] The Ogilvies later left the castle for Cullen House .
Arms of Ogilvy of Findlater. James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Findlater (c.1592–1652), known as Lord Ogilvy of Deskford until 1638, was a Scottish nobleman and Royalist supporter. [1] [2] His title was named after Findlater Castle, the ancient seat of the Ogilvies of Deskford and Findlater, a branch of Clan Ogilvy.