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Aberdour Castle
A 14th century castle
built by the Douglas family. The gallery on the 1st floor gives an idea of
how it was furnished at the time. The castle has a delightful walled garden
and dovecot.
Balfour Castle
Balfour Shapinsay,
Orkney KW17 2DY
Tel: 01856 711282
Castle situted 2 minutes
from Shapinsay harbour, reached by car ferry from Kirkwall on Orkney
mainland. Half-day personally guided tours of
village, Victorian walled gardens and castle with teas, return ferry trip
included.
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Ballindalloch Castle
Ballindalloch,
Moray AB37 9AX
Tel:
01807 500206
16th Century Castle and family home of the MacPherson -Grants, lairds of
Ballindalloch since 1546. tour (self-guided) of castle, audio-visual
presentation, tea-room, shop, rose garden, rock garden, river walks,
electric trains, observation beehive, famous Aberdeen-Angus cattle herd.
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Barcaldine
Castle
Oban,
Argyll, Scotland
PA37 1SA
Tel: 01631 720598
16th century tower house built by Black Duncan of the 7 castles. Ancestral
family home to the Campbells of Barcaldine and
lived in by Roderick Campbell & family.
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Blair
Castle
Blair Atholl,
Pitlochry, Perthshire,
Scotland PH18 5TL
Tel: 01796
481207
Spectacular Blair Castle,
traditional home to the Earls and Dukes of Atholl and the Atholl
Highlanders. Comprehensive collection of Arms, furniture, paintings and
other memorabilia. Stunning gardens, include Hercules Garden, a 10 acre 18th
century walled garden, and Diana's Grove, a plantation of giant conifers
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Braemar Castle
Braemar,
Ballater, Aberdeenshire
AB35 5XR
Tel: 013397 41219
Tours of many furnished
rooms via spiral stairs, giving history of building and family. Self guided
also with info in each room in French, German, Italian as well as English.
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Crichton Castle
Tel:
01875 320 017
A large and sophisticated castle, with a spectacular facade of faceted
stonework in an Italian style, added following a visit to Italy by the Earl
of Bothwell between 1581 and 1591.
Huntly Castle
Set in a beautiful wooded
riverside setting this fine hall house, built in the 16th and 17th Centuries
for the Gordon family, is famed for the fine heraldic sculpture and
inscribed stone friezes.
Kildrummy Castle
Tel: 0131
668 8800
Called the Queen Of Highland Castles, this was the stronghold of the Earls
Of Mar, and headquarters for organising the 1715 Jacobite rising by the last
mar owner Bobbing John. Scotland's most complete 13th Century castle.
Slains
Castle
Tel: 01771
653366
One of the most famous
ruins in Scotland. A spectacular cliff top ruin overlooking the stormy North
Sea. Great care must be taken on the cliffs around
the castle.
Toward
Castle
Castle Toward,
Toward, by Dunoon, Argyll & Bute
PA23 7UH
Tel: 01369 870249
Seat of the Clan Lamont, Toward Castle is now a ruin within the estate of
Castle Toward Outdoor Centre.
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Edinburgh
Castle
Tel: 0131225
9846
This magnificent Castle
is Edinburgh's top tourist attraction known throughout the world. Visit the
"Honours of the Kingdom" exhibition showing the Scottish Crown Jewels, The
Stone of Destiny and Mons Meg cannon.
If you would like to suggest an attraction which
you think should be included, please
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