Beaufort Castle, Scotland

Beaufort Castle, Scotland

leader. There is record of previous fortifications on the site, for example those of the Bissets, whom the Lovats inherited the lands from, and possibly older.

The castle was sold in 1994 to Stagecoach director Ann Gloag by the then-Lord Lovat, to meet inheritance taxes.


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