A-Z Challenge 2012 - G
Glenbuchat Castle
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| Glenbuchat Castle - 2007 |
Glenbuchat Castle sits on a bluff above the River
Don, near Kildrummy in Aberdeenshire. The Z-plan castle has a rectangular
central tower with two square towers at diagonally opposing corners.
The castle was built in 1590 to mark the
wedding of John Gordon of Cairnbarrow and his wife Helen. A later John Gordon,
known as ‘Old Glenbucket’ (an older spelling) supported the Jacobite cause and
became a hero of the Jacobite Risings.
So far my posts have managed to include ghostly
hauntings. It was the infamy achieved by Old Glenbucket that supposedly haunted
the dreams of King George III.
After the sale of the castle in 1738 the castle
fell into disrepair. Purchased by James Barclay in 1901, it was handed to the
state in 1946. The main spiral staircase to the castle’s upper levels has been
restored.
Glenbuchat is usually unmanned and access to a
viewing platform erected across the central area is restricted. Visitors may however
explore the first floor and the vaulted ground-floor rooms.
However if you wanted to see Scotland’s most
haunted castle then you should go to Glamis which I wrote about here in November 2010.
Hilary Melton-Butcher's Castle for F - Framlingham Castle Suffolk
Attribution:
- Glenbuchat Castle 2007; By Stanley Howe; Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license; Geograph Project collection.
