August 8th photograph of Airlie Castle, Scotland. Airlie Castle is the official seat of the Earl of Airlie, the title being granted in 1639 to the Ogilvy family when James, the eighth Lord Ogilvy of Airlie became the first Earl of Airlie. The castle was built in c.1432 by Walter Ogilvy of Lintrathen, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland after being granted lands in 1432 by King James I of Scotland. It became a stronghold and chief residence of the Ogilvies. During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms the Ogilvies supported the King Charles I and the Royalist cause. The castle was destroyed in 1640 by Parliamentarian troops led Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll and the incident is described in a ballad The Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie.
A mansion house was built incorporating and ontop of some of the ruins in c. 1792-3 and is occupied
August 8th photograph of Airlie Castle, Scotland. David Ogily, seen above, is a really nice man, and the present owner of Airlie Castle. I enjoyed meeting him today.
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