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Auchindoun Castle
This castle has had a very violent life and not held by
anyone for very long. It was built in the 15th century for the Earl of Mar. The
Earl of Mar was murdered by his brother (James III) and the tower house passed to Robert
Cochrane. Cochrane was hanged in 1482 and it was taken over by the Ogilvies but went to
the Gordons in 1535.
The Mackintoshes raged through it in 1591 in revenge for
the murder of the Bonnie Earl o' Moray. Gordon was killed in 1594 at the Battle of
Glenlivet.
Auchindoun was restored after the Mackintoshes wrecked it, but by 1725 the stone work was
being used for building material in nearby areas.
This is an L-Plan tower house with three
stories to it's structure. Ground level has the cellars, the hall was on the first floor
with the living quarters on the second.
The plan to the far left is the ground floor and the
first floor is on the right. The second floor is not shown but should be identical to the
first and would contain more private chambers. The cellars and the hall had vaulted
ceilings.
Access to the hall might have been possible through the
range buildings built along the defensive wall. The items in blue are best guesses at what
might have been.
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