Huntly Castle, Huntly
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| A fine building with a long and violent history, Huntly Castle consists of a strong 15th-century keep, rectangular in plan, with an adjoining large courtyard which had ranges of buildings on two sides, all now ruinous. An older castle here, called Strathbogie, was built by the MacDuff Earls of Fife on a nearby motte, and passed to the Gordons early in the 14th century. Robert the Bruce stayed here before defeating the Comyn Earl of Buchan in 1307. This old castle was burned down in 1452, and a new castle was built close by. In 1506 the name was changed from Strathbogie to Huntly after the family were made Earls. The 4th Earl of Huntly was defeated - and then died, reportedly from apoplexy - by the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, at the Battle of Corrichie in 1562, and his son was executed. The castle was slighted and plundered at this time. The castle was restored, but in 1594 was attacked by James VI and damaged again after another rebellion by the then Earl. It was restored once again in 1602. The 2nd Marquis of Huntly was hanged for his support of Charles I, and in 1640 the castle was occupied by a Covenanters. In 1644 it was taken by forces of the Marquis of Montrose, but was captured by General David Leslie in 1647 after starving out and slaughtering the garrison. It was held by Hanoverian soldiers, during the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, but by then had been abandoned as a residence and. It was then used as a quarry and dump until cleared in 1923. Exhibition. |
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