Old Photograph Finavon Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Finavon Castle located five miles North East of Forfar in Angus, Scotland. This Scottish estate was the property of the Lindsay Earls of Crawford from 1375, who built the now ruined castle. David Lindsay, 10th Earl of Crawford, married Margaret, the daughter of Cardinal David Beaton, at Finavon in 1546. Extravagance ruined the Crawford fortunes, and in 1625 the barony of Finavon was disposed of by a forced sale to Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord Spynie. It passed through the Carnegie family, the Gordon Earls of Aboyne and the Gardynes. In 1843 the Castle was bought by Thomas Gardyne of Middleton. Through an 18th century marriage he came of the old Lindsay stock. His descendant, Lieutenant-Colonel Alan David Greenhill Gardyne died in 1953, leaving the estate to a daughter, Mrs Susan Mazur. The house shown above, also known as Finavon Castle, is a Scottish baronial style mansion built in 1865 for the then laird, David Greenhill Gardyne, by Messrs Carver and Symon of Arbroath.



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Old Photograph Seafield Tower Scotland

Old photograph of Seafield Tower located between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. This ruined Scottish castle is located on the North Sea coast of Fife and The Fife Coastal Path passes the tower. The lands of Seafield and Markinch were granted to Robert Multrare by King James II of Scotland in 1443. The lands and the tower remained in the ownership of the Multrare, or Moultrie as the family name became, until 1631 when the lands were sold to James Law then Archbishop of Glasgow. With Law's death in 1632 ownership of the tower becomes lost but eventually it passed into the hands of the Methven family. Its last owner was Methven of Raith who abandoned it in 1733.



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Old Photograph Blairlogie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Blairlogie near Stirling, Scotland. This Scottish village is situated at the base of the great cliff of Dumyat between Stirling and Menstrie. Between 1598 and 1609, the minister of Logie Parish was the poet Alexander Hume.


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Old Photograph Souter Johnnie's Cottage Scotland

Old photograph of Souter Johnnie's Cottage in Kirkoswald in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This was the home of John Davidson, who was the original Souter Johnnie in the poem Tam O' Shanter by Robert Burns.



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Old Photograph Balmacara House Scotland

Old photograph of Balmacara House by Kyle of Lochalsh across the sea from Isle of Skye, Scotland. Sir Hugh Innes purchased what is now the Lochalsh Estate in 1801. During his ownership, he built and lived in Balmacara House on the shores of Loch Alsh. Sir Alexander Matheson bought the house in the middle of the 19th century, and lived there while having Duncraig Castle built as his main residence. Balmacara House was then sold to Sir Daniel Hamilton.



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