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Blairfindy Castle
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Laura & Ben
September 20, 2021
This fortified tower house was completed in 1564 by John Gordon of the Huntly family. In its heyday it was a fine example of an L-plan castle with three story’s and corner turret. In 1586 Blairfindy passed to the Earls of Huntly, another branch of the family, who used it as a hunting seat. A panel above the arched doorway bears the Gordon arms and this date. In 1647 the 2nd Marquis of Huntly, a royalist, was captured at Delnabo (near Tomintoul) by parliamentary forces and imprisoned here before this trial and execution in Edinburgh. The castle was burned by troops after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, and it was never repaired or occupied after this time. A project to stabilise Blairfindy Castle took place in 2019, funded through the Tomintoul & Glenlivet Landscape Partnership, a programme supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This provides access to the castle which can be entered with care. Please do not climb on the walls. Visitors should park at The Glenlivet Distillery then follow the waymarked path half a mile to the castle. For disabled people only, there are 2 parking spaces at the castle.
This fortified tower house was completed in 1564 by John Gordon of the Huntly family. In its heyday it was a fine example of an L-plan castle with three story’s and corner turret. In 1586 Blairfindy passed to the Earls of Huntly, another branch of the family, who used it as a hunting seat. A panel a…
Carrie & Rob
July 28, 2022
Castleton of Blairfindy, Glenlivet, Ballindalloch AB37 9DE
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10 Castleton of Blairfindy
Glenlivet, Scotland