Glenbuchat Castle


Parish: Glenbuchat

County: Aberdeenshire

Grid reference: NJ 39716 14879

Lat / long: 57.22016562, -2.998649255

Alternative names: Glenbuchat House, Glenbucket Castle, Inverbuckat Castle

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

Glenbuchat Castle was built in 1590 for John Gordon of Cairnbarrow as a replacement for the Castle of Badenyon.

It remained in the Gordon family until 1738, and was owned by a succession of families until it was bought by the MP James William Barclay in 1901. His grandson, Colonel James Barclay Milne, put the castle in the care of the state in 1946, and it is now run by Historic Scotland.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm