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Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis (/ ˈ ɡ l ɑː m z /, glahmz) in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne , and is open to the public. Glamis Castle has been the home of the Lyon family since the 14th century, though the present building dates largely from the 17th century.
Cawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is built around a 15th-century tower house , with substantial additions in later centuries. Originally a property of the Calder family, it passed to the Campbells in the 16th century.
The sale is being split into nine different lots, which can be purchased together or separately. This includes the castle itself, the Boars Head Hotel , a cricket fields, shooting grounds, a store ...
Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4 Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castles in the Scottish Borders .
Brough Lodge is looking for a new owner. Located on the island of Fetlar in Scotland, the idyllic property is set on 40 acres and requires a major restoration.
The village is the location of Cawdor Castle, the seat of the Earl Cawdor. A massive keep with small turrets is the original portion of the castle, and to it were added, in the 17th century, later buildings forming two sides of a square. [2] Macbeth, in Shakespeare's play of the same name, becomes Thane of Cawdor early in the narrative. [1]
Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire. This is a list of castles in Scotland. A castle is a type of fortified structure built primarily during the Middle Ages. Scholars debate the scope of the word "castle", but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble.
It is thought that a castle may have been built here by the MacDuff Mormaers, or Earls, of Fife in the 11th century, at the time of King Macbeth of Scotland (d. 1057). The Wemyss family, descendants of the MacDuffs, owned the property from the 14th century, and built the earliest part of the present castle.