Kildrummie Castle
This was a very impressive castle.
Only the outside walls were
standing. There were no
complete rooms.
It is not known who built the
structure, but the Donald, Earl of
Mar held the lands in 1296. In
1306, the castle was under siege
for protecting Robert the Bruce,
proclaimed King of Scotland. It
was taken through treachery
ending the siege. Nigel Bruce,
and Christian, Countess of Mar
brother & sister of the King, as well as the King's wife and daughter and several
other women and children were captured.
In 1335, a siege was undertaken at the castle. The lady of the keep held off attacks
until her husband, Lord Atholl arrived to battle the sieging army.
1374 arrived with the castle being held by an heiress, Isobel. Alexander Stewart
seized the heiress and married her to become the Earl of Mar and hold the fortress.
King James annexed the lands as part of his royal holdings in 1435, to remove some
power from the Scottish nobles.
The castle has been held by several families: Stewarts, Elphinstones, Erskines and
Gordons. It was abandoned in 1715 after the first Jacobite uprising
