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Craigievar Castle is a harled castle or fortified country house 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was the seat of Clan Sempill , and the Forbes family resided here for 350 years until 1963, when the property was sold to the National Trust for Scotland by the 19th Lord Sempill .
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Craigievar Castle Portrait of Sir John Forbes, 2nd Baronet of Craigievar Sir Arthur Forbes (1784–1823), 6th Bt of Craigievar, painted by Gilbert Stuart. The Forbes baronetcy, of Craigievar in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 April 1630 for William Forbes, son of the merchant William Forbes who built Craigievar Castle. [1]
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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.
In 1952, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother purchased the Castle of Mey, then called Barrogill Castle. Queen Mother at the Castle of Mey in Caithness, Scotland, 1955. Bettmann - Getty Images
In 1770 Druminnor Castle was sold, and the Forbes family moved to Castle Forbes. [22] Castle Forbes, a few miles northeast of Alford, Aberdeenshire, was once a tower house, but was replaced with a large castellated mansion of 1815. [22] Craigievar Castle, four and a half miles southwest of Alford, Aberdeenshire, was built by the Forbeses. [22]
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