Braemar Castle

Plans for 2007 are still under discussion, but please contact Invercauld Estate Office on 013397 41224 for further information.

Braemar Castle is an impressive fortress built in 1628 by the Earl of Mar on the site of an even older habitation. Used by Hanoverian troops after the Jacobite Rising of 1745, later transformed by the Farquharsons of Invercauld into a residence of unusual charm.

The L-plan castle of fairy-tale proportions with its remarkable star shaped defensive curtain wall, also has a central round tower with a spiral stair, barrel vaulted ceilings, massive iron "yett" and an underground prison.