Photographs of Braemar Castle

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John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1558-1634) started building Braemar Castle in 1628. As well as a fortified place, the castle also served as a hunting tower. It is an L-shaped tower house with with castellated turrets and an unusual right winding spiral stone staircase leading to
3 floors of furnished rooms.
After the Jacobite Rising, John Farquharson, 9th Laird of Invercauld leased the Castle to the government in 1748 and renovations meant that the castle gained its star-shaped defensive walls at this time. The 12th Laird of Invercauld subsequently restored the castle to provide a family home, which it has remained ever since.