Fyvie Castle

Fyvie Castle

Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century - some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the site of an open-air court held by Robert the Bruce, and Charles I lived there as a child. Following the Battle of Otterburn in 1390, it ceased to be a royal stronghold and instead fell into the possession of five successive families - "Preston", "Meldrum", "Seton", "Gordon" and "Leith" - each of whom added a new tower to the castle.

Inside, the castle stronghold features a great wheel stair, a display of original arms and armour, and a particularly fine collection of portraits.

Manus O'Cahan and Montrose fought a successful minor battle against the Covenant Army at Fyvie Castle on October 28th, 1644. Following Victorian trends, the grounds and adjoining Loch Fyvie were landscaped in the 19th century. The American industrialist Alexander Leith (later Alexander Forbes-Leith, 1st and last Baron Leith of Fyvie) bought the castle in 1885. It was sold to the National Trust for Scotland in 1984 by his descendants.

The castle (like many Scottish castles) is said to be haunted. A story is told that in 1920 during renovation work the skeleton of a woman was discovered behind a bedroom wall. On the day the remains were laid to rest in Fyvie cemetery, the castle residents started to be plagued by strange noises and unexplained happenings. Fearing he had offended the dead woman, the Laird of the castle had the skeleton exhumed and replaced behind the bedroom wall, at which the haunting ceased.

Fyvie Castle has featured in a number of British television programmes, such as Living TV's Most Haunted season 6 [http://www.livingtv.co.uk/mosthaunted/214.php] and stv's Castles of Scotland [http://www.scotlandontv.tv/scotland_on_tv/discover/Scottish_Castles.html] .

Today, the castle is open to tourists during the summer months.

External links

* [http://www.fyviecastle.com/ http://www.fyviecastle.com/]


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