Forter Castle And Glenisla On History Visit To Angus Scotland

Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Forter Castle and Glenisla on ancestry, genealogy history visit to Angus, The castle comprises four storeys and a garret and was built on the L-plan. It was a former stronghold of the Ogilvies that was stormed along with Airlie Castle by the Campbells of Inverewe in 1640 on the instructions of Archibald Campbell, the 8th Earl of Argyll. Briefly the property of the MacThomas family, the castle eventually fell into a ruinous state. However, it was restored around 1990. Glenisla is the most westerly of the five Angus Glens and the only one where the road exits to the north, as well as the south, so you can drive through the Grampian hills to Braemar and Deeside. It is made up of six parishes along the River Isla; Glenisla, Kilry and Lintrathen to the north; and, Airlie, Ruthven and Kingoldrum to the South. Part of the glen was once the property of the Abbey at Coupar Angus, but passed to the Campbells of Argyll after the Reformation. Other parts were the property of the Ogilvies of Airlie, and the two families feuded from the late 16th century, reaching a climax in 1640 with the burning of Forter Castle in the Glen. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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