BRAEMAR REBORN

We visit the Aberdeenshire castle that has been saved from dereliction by the determination of the local community

SALLY COFFEY

As you approach the Cairngorms village of Braemar from Balmoral, a gleaming white castle appears through the trees to your right, almost daring you to pull into the car park just beyond and come and explore it. Those that give in to the urge will discover a castle surrounded by the majestic hills of the Cairngorms and brimming with history, which has long been seen as a huge asset to the local community who live here, despite falling on hard times. Owned by members of Clan Farquharson, and with close associations to the clan that reach back centuries, Braemar Castle is a five-storey L-plan castle with a star-shaped curtain wall that stands on the site of an earlier hunting retreat built by the 2nd Earl of Mar in 1628. The…

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