Balvenie Castle, Scotland
N 57° 27.197 W 003° 07.484
30V E 492515 N 6367851
Balvenie Castle is a ruin, close to Glenfiddich distellery near Dufftown.
Waymark Code: WMF593
Location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/25/2012
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For over 500 years, Balvenie Castle served as the formidable stronghold of the great lords who ruled over this part of north-east Scotland. The immensely powerful ‘Black’ Comyn earls of Buchan built it in the 13th century. When they were forfeited in the early 14th century, because of their alliance with the ill-fated John Balliol, the stronghold passed to the mighty ‘Black’ Douglases. And when the Douglases too were wiped out around 1455 by James II, the victorious Stewart king entrusted it to a kinsman, John Stewart, Earl of Atholl. It remained with his descendants for the next 250 years. Today’s visitor will find important, and impressive, remains dating from all three dynastic families.
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Opening arrangements
Summer
1 April - 30 September, Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun, 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
Closed during winter season
Admission prices
Adult £4.00, Child £2.40