Fyvie Castle With Music On History Visit Near Turriff Aberdeenshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of the exterior and interior of castle on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Fyvie near Turriff in Aberdeenshire. The castle is a magnificent example of Scottish Baronial or Scots Baronial architecture. Buildings in the Scots Baronial style are characterised by elaborate rooflines embellished with conical roofs, tourelles, and battlements with machicolations, often with an asymmetric plan. Popular during the fashion for Romanticism and the Picturesque, Scots Baronial architecture was equivalent to the Jacobethan Revival of 19th century England, and likewise revived the Late Gothic appearance of the fortified domestic architecture of the elites in the Late Middle Ages and the architecture of the Jacobean era. Among architects of the Scots Baronial style in the Victorian era were William Burn and David Bryce. The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century, some sources claim it was built in 1211 by King William the Lion. Fyvie was the site of an open air court held by Robert the Bruce, and King Charles I lived there as a child. Following the Battle of Otterburn in 1390, it ceased to be a royal stronghold and instead fell into the possession of five successive families; Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon and Leith, each of whom added a new tower to the castle. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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