Kildrummy

May 28, 1999.Reading time 6 minutes.

An extensive 13th century ruined castle.

Huntly

May 28, 1999.Reading time 3 minutes.

Huntly is considered one of the “noblest baronial mansions” in Scotland, it feels almost modern

Lost Glen

May 28, 1999.Reading time 2 minutes.

The second day we were in Scotland, we found a postcard at one of the shops that had a roadsign on it that just said ‘LOST’. We laughed that we were spending a lot of time there. We looked through the road atlas to find it, so we could say we’d been there, but no luck.

Restricted Bridge

May 28, 1999.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A strange test for height, along the road near Huntly — for some bridge somewhere, we think

Dunnottar

May 28, 1999.Reading time 5 minutes.

An enormous castle complex on a huge peninsula, separated from the mainland by a narrow pass

Travelogue: Day 14

May 28, 1999.Reading time 13 minutes.

Aberdeenshire and some massive, amazing castles — Dunnottar and Kildrummy — as well as finding Lost Glen!

Huntingtower

May 27, 1999.Reading time 4 minutes.

Huntingtower is an unusual, well-preserved castle, consisting of three different phases of building, including ornate painted ceilings inside

Hume

May 27, 1999.Reading time 3 minutes.

It looks like a giant castle tower, but it’s really a 19th century folly built on the foundations of an older castle

Balhousie

May 27, 1999.Reading time 2 minutes.

Now the site of the Black Watch Museum, a well-maintained 17th century baronial house

Collearn House

May 27, 1999.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A lovely restored country house hotel in Auchterarder