Old Photograph Inverugie Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Inverugie Castle located two miles from Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The castle of Inverugie was first raised by the Cheynne family in the 12th century. By the mid 14th century the estate of Inverugie had passed to the Keith Earl Marischals who had their main seat at the coastal fortress of Dunnottar Castle. They built the current, now ruined, stone castle of Inverugie south of the original wooden motte in around 1660. In the 19th century an oak heraldry shield was found in a local cottage with the arms of William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal and its date was carved as 1660. The Keith lands were forfeited after the Jacobite Rebellion and some time after 1745 the Inverugie estate passed from the Keiths to one James Ferguson the third Laird of Pitfour who kept the building in a perfect state until he died in 1820. By 1890, the Castle was in poor condition and the ruins were eventually blown up. William Burnes or William Burness the father of Robert Burns the poet, was born at Clochnahill Farm, Dunnottar, and trained as a gardener at Inverugie Castle, before moving to Ayrshire.



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