Duff House, a beautiful early Georgian mansion in Banff, houses a collection of fine paintings and furniture from the National Gallery of Scotland. Designed by Scottish architect William Adam in the 18th century and owned by William Duff. But building the house wasn´t straightforward and it was never finished. Duff House was a hugely expensive […]
And on we go to the next castle, Huntly Castle in Aberdeenshire, the former seat of one of medieval and Renaissance Scotland’s most powerful families, Clan Gordon, Earl of Huntly. Today Huntly Castle is a stunning ruin near Huntly, a pretty market town. This place is actually the location of four different castles over the […]
A wide ditch encircles this striking, curtain-walled castle. Built in the 1200s as the seat of the powerful earls of Buchan, the heavily fortified stronghold became an elegant lodging in the 1500s. (Historic Enviroment of Scotland) Moray and Aberdeenshire are known for lots and lots of Whisky distilleries and also lots of castles all around. […]