Tour Scotland short 4K Spring travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and Sporran and walking by daffodils on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire, Britain, United Kingdom. The towering medieval heart of the castle was built between 1280 and 1300, likely commissioned by King Alexander III to serve as a royal hunting lodge and administrative center for the ancient royal Forest of Drum. In 1323, following the Wars of Independence, King Robert the Bruce gifted Drum and the surrounding Barony and Royal Forest to his faithful secretary and armour-bearer, William de Irwyn. The Irvines, or Irwyns, would go on to own and inhabit the castle for an uninterrupted 650 years. he castle was positioned near the Elsick Mounth, an ancient prehistoric trackway across the Grampians, making it perfectly situated for the Crown and the Irvines to monitor traffic passing to and from the River Dee. Throughout the 17th century, the staunchly Royalist Irvine family found themselves in the crosshairs of the religious and political conflicts. The castle was besieged, captured, and garrisoned multiple times by the Covenanters, and was ransacked several times, leaving the family in deep financial ruin. Despite the religious wars, the 9th Laird, Alexander Irvine, and his wife, Marion Douglas, managed to add a beautiful and sprawling Jacobean mansion to the base of the old medieval tower in 1619. The Irvine clan fiercely backed the exiled Stuart kings during both the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite uprisings. The 14th Laird died from wounds sustained at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715, and the 17th Laird fought alongside Bonnie Prince Charlie at the Battle of Culloden in 1745. Following the Jacobite defeat at Culloden, the 17th Laird was forced to flee. According to local legend, his sister hid him in a secret chamber within the castle's thick walls. He spent three years in hiding before being able to safely escape to France. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. The date for astronomical Spring is 20th March, ending on 21st June
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