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Corgarff Castle, Grampian, Scotland

Corgarff Castle can be seen from the A92, Ballater to Tomintoul road in the Upper Strathdon region (Aberdeenshire) Scotland. It was probably built for John Forbes of Towie about 1550 in what was then one of the most wild and remote districts of Scotland. In November 1571 the brother of the earl of Huntly, a supporter of the deposed Mary, Queen of Scots, arrived at the castle with a group of soldiers with the intention of taking it for the queen. The laird (lord of the manor) who suppoted…

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Corgarff Castle History Originally part of the Earldom of Mar, James IV annexed the estates in 1435 and granted the ‘Foresta de Corgarf’ to Alexander Elphinstone. In 1571 Corgarff Castle was set alight, killing Margaret Forbes and 24 others. The Erskines of Mar regained control in 1626. Montrose occupied the building in 1645. The Jacobites […]

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