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Braemar Castle

Goblinshead

130 Inveresk Rd
Musselburgh
EH21 7AY
SCOTLAND

Braemar Castle is an altered 17th-century L-plan tower house, with battlemented turrets crowning the corners, and is surrounded by 18th-century star-shaped artillery defences. There is a pit-prison. The castle was built in 1628 by John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Mar. It was captured and torched by Jacobites under Farquharson of Inverey in 1689, although it had held out against John Graham of Claverhouse. 'Bobbing John', the 6th Earl of Mar, led the 1715 Jacobite Rising, but after its failure fled to France. The castle passed to the Farquharsons; but in 1748 was leased by the government, and turned into a barracks, the work being supervised by John Adam. The Farquharsons reoccupied the castle in the early 19th century. The castle is said to be haunted by a blonde-haired apparition of a young woman, reputedly the ghost of a newly married bride who committed suicide, wrongly believing herself abandoned by her husband. Another ghost is reportedly that of John Farquharson of Inverey, also known as the 'Black Colonel'. Many interesting rooms.

Directions:	On A93, 0.5 miles NE of Braemar, Kincardine & Deeside.
Ownership:	Pri/LA	01339 741219	Ord. Survey Map Ref:	NO 156924 43
Open:	daily 10.00am-6.00pm Easter to end October, except closed Friday.
Key:	P Nearby S WC £	Click Here for explanation of Key and other abreviations

Fax: +44 (0) 131 653 6566 Tel: +44 (0) 131 665 2894
email: goblinshead@sol.co.uk