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Kinnaird Castle, Angus and Dundee
Location: Brechin, DD9 6UA (map and directions)
Set in Brechin between the Angus coastline and rolling glens is Kinnarird Castle, the home of
the Earl and Countess of Southesk and the seat of the Carnegie family, Dukes of Fife, for the
last 600 years. 
Kinnaird Castle © Paterson family
History of Kinnaird CastleKinnaird Castle was built in the 16th century. King James VI was a guest at the castle, as was
Charles I and Charles II in the late 17th century.
In 1850 the castle tower was remodelled into a Victorian baronial house by the 9th Earl,
though this burnt down just seventy years later in 1921. The castle burnt from the south
end through to the Great Hall, though many contents were saved. The castle was then
rebuilt again, but this time on a much grander scale, converting Kinnaird into a chateau
with very detailed decorations and steeper roofs. Kinnaird Castle of today maintains the
grandeur of the 20th century rebuilt, matched only by its own magnificent estate set in 1300
acres of parkland where Highland cattle and fallow deer run.
The magnificent, stately castle has a famous collection of painting by some of Europe’s most
collected painters.
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Other castles in Angus & Dundee Balintore Castle
Ballumbie Castle
Brechin Castle
Broughty Castle
Claypotts Castle
Colliston Castle
Dudhope Castle
Edzell Castle
Ethie Castle
Finavon Castle
Glamis Castle
Guthrie Castle
Kinnaird Castle
Mains Castle
Melgund Castle
Powrie Castle
Red Castle
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