| Dunnottar Castle has the most impressive
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| | John Keith, youngest son of the Earl,
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| location of any castle in Scotland.
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| | became responsible for these items as
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| Surrounded on three sides by sheer cliffs
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| | Cromwell's English neared the rock. They
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| , the castle was virtually impregnable .
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| | were smuggled out of the castle hidden in
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| It is 2 miles south of Stonehaven and
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| | the skirts of a female visitor to the
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| about 15 miles from Aberdeen on the east
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| | castrle ans hiden under the bed of a
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| coast of Scotland . The tower house was
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| | local minister . In May of 1652,
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| built at the end of the 14th century by
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| | Dunnottar, under siege, remained the last
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| Sir William Keith , Great Marischal of
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| | of Scotland's strongholds still flying
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| Scotland. Other buildings were added
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| | the flag. John Keith was generouslyy
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| later on by the fifth Earl Marischal,
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| | rewarded by King Charles .Dunnottar was
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| including a retainers' barracks, a
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| | also notorious from its use as a state
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| chapel, priest's house , stables and a
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| | prison. In 1685 it housed 167 men and
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| graveyard . William Wallace captured the
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| | women kept in a dark cellar. located
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| castle during the Wars of Independence.
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| | under the Earl's bedrooms, was later
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| English troops occupied a stockade on the
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| | called the "Whig's Vault". A memorial to
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| rock in 1297, but it was captured by
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| | the dead (later erected in the courtyard)
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| William Wallace, who burned the church
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| | is . Other prisoners included a James
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| and the English garrison inside. Later on
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| | Keith who escaped (in 1629). Accused
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| , at the start of the 14th century ,
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| | Jacobites from Aberdeen of the late
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| English soldiers recaptured the rock
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| | 1600's, such as George Liddel, professor
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| which was burned in 1336. David II then
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| | of Mathematics from Marischal College,
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| gave the rock to William, Earl of
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| | were brought to Dunnottar's dungeons. It
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| Sutherland, so he could build a
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| | all ended after the Stewart failure in
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| castle.Dunnottar came into the possession
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| | 1716. The York Buildings Company bought
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| of Sir William Keith-Marischal at the end
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| | the castle and stripped it , and sold its
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| of the 14th century. He soon began
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| | roofs, floors and everything of value
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| construction of a fortalice , the keep
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| | inside it . The 9th Earl Marischal
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| and other early structures that still
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| | regained possession of the castle , he
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| exist. William was excommunicated by the
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| | never visited it or made any attempt to
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| Bishop of St. Andrews for building a
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| | rebuild it .In 1766 Alexander Keith
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| castle on "sacred soil", and later
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| | bought it but did nothing with the
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| reinstated for a price. Over the years
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| | buildings. In 1925 some restoration was
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| Dunnottar became a major Scottish
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| | arranged by Lady Cowdray. The castle is
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| stronghold. King James IV was lavishly
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| | is a ruin , albeit a spectacular
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| entertained there in 1504. Queen Mary
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| | one.Article by writer and photographer
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| visited after the battle of Corrichie in
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| | David Rankin. 10 years experience writing
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| 1562, and again in 1564. James VI stayed
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| | and photographing Scotland. David's
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| at the castle on several occasions, and
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| | website features 10 pictures of Dunnottar
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| held a Privy Council there. King Charles
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| | Castle and 20 other Scottish castles.
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| II stayed at Dunnottar several times,
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| | David supplies stock photography in
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| during wars with England, and deposited
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| | digital format and prints of Scottish
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| the regalia of Scotland for safe keeping.
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| | castles and landscapes.
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