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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 ...
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]
Ten years after their marriage, Lady Sophia's brother, the 2nd Earl of Hopetoun, married Lord Findlater's eldest daughter, Lady Anne. [2] Lord Findlater died at Cullen House on 9 July 1764, and was succeeded by his son James. His grandson, James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater, was an accomplished amateur landscape architect and philanthropist. [8]
Cullen Town Hall (on the left) and the Seafield Arms Hotel (on the right) The central market cross in the town square originally stood in the old town. During the building of the new town, it was temporarily erected at the top of the ancient fort structure that guards the entrance to the Cullen Burn, known as the Castle Hill.
Ruined 16th-century castle SM2508: Findlater Castle: Sandend: Ruined medieval castle SM2846: Banff Castle: Banff: Traces of medieval castle SM2927: Old Slains Castle: Slains: Ruined medieval tower house SM3250: Esslemont Castle: Ellon, Aberdeenshire: Ruined Tower House SM3400: Balquhain stone circle Chapel of Garioch: Recumbent stone circle ...
The lands passed from the Duffs to the Ogilvies of Findlater, and subsequently, in 1568, the Ord family acquired the manor, port, custom, and fishers' lands of Findochty, and later built the House of Findochty, known as Findochty Castle, now a ruin, which stands to the west of the village. In 1716 the Ords brought 13 men and 4 boys from ...