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Balvenie Castle
Face a mighty, curtain-walled fortress, built in the 1200s as the seat of the powerful earls of Buchan.
Cardoness Castle
Learn about the lawlessness of the McCullochs, for whom this elegant six-storey tower house was built.
Corgarff Castle
Unravel the two very different tales of this medieval tower house, a noble residence turned army base.
Dundrennan Abbey
Visit the secluded spot where Mary Queen of Scots sheltered during her last hours in Scotland.
Edzell Castle and Garden
Get a sense of the standing of the Lindsay family from the beauty of their lordly seat and its great garden.
Elcho Castle
Imagine the comfortable life of the laird and lady of this fine house, built as their second home in the country.
Glenluce Abbey
Learn about 400 years of monastic life in the valley of the Water of Luce.
Kildrummy Castle
Visit 'the noblest of northern castles' – even ruined, the stronghold of the mighty earls of Mar is a fine example of a 13th-century castle.
Lochleven Castle
Imagine being imprisoned in this island stronghold, as Mary Queen of Scots – formerly a guest here – once was.
MacLellan's Castle
See in the remains of Sir Thomas MacLellan's tower house how castle building had evolved by the late 1500s to favour comfort over cannons.
Spynie Palace
Enter Scotland's largest surviving medieval bishop's house – residence of the bishops of Moray for 500 years.
St Serf's Church and Dupplin Cross
Visit the picturesque former parish church said to mark the spot where St Serf supposedly slew a dragon.