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Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Though ruined, it is one of the most extensive castles dating from the 13th century to survive in eastern Scotland, and was the seat of the Earls of Mar .
While the eleventh (by some counts) holder of the title, William and Margaret's daughter Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar, was alone at Kildrummy Castle, Alexander Stewart, following in the steps of his father the "Wolf of Badenoch" and his uncle Robert, Duke of Albany, murdered Sir Malcolm Drummond, Earl of Mar, captured Kildrummy Castle and ...
The Kildrummy Inn. Kildrummy (Scottish Gaelic: Cionn Droma) is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland near the River Don, 7 miles (11 kilometres) west of Alford. The hamlet's primary school closed in 2003. Its church was built in 1805. Nearby Kildrummy Castle has a long history dating back to at
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Uilleam was responsible for the construction of Kildrummy Castle, the greatest castle to have been built in 13th-century northern Scotland. It is one of the few examples where a native Scottish magnate built a large-scale fortification , something normally practiced by the incoming Normans .
Thomas of Mar was the last of the Celtic earls of Mar, [23] and was buried within the walls of Kildrummy Castle. [24] He was succeeded by his sister Margaret, through whom the title Earl of Mar did indeed pass to her husband, William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas. [25]
Gartnait's father, the 7th earl of Mar, died at Kildrummy Castle on 25 July 1297, the same day on which Chen's letter to Edward was composed. The exact date on which Gartnait succeeded his father as earl of Mar is unknown, but it has been argued that this may have occurred soon after Gartnait's mission in the north against Moray.
Dirleton Castle: Dirleton: East Lothian: 1240: Castle The de Vaux towers are the oldest extant structures. [107] [108] Kildrummy Castle: Kildrummy: Aberdeenshire: c. 1250: Castle Built mid 13th century, possibly by Gilbert de Moravia and fell under siege in 1306 during the Wars of Independence. [109] [110] Dunstaffnage Castle: Dunbeg, near Oban ...