| Aldbar Castle | |
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| Part of Angus | |
| Near Brechin, Angus, Scotland | |
Entrance Gate to Aldbar Castle |
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Location in Angus, Scotland
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| Type | Tower house |
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| Built | c.1580 |
| Built by | Sir Thomas Lyon |
| Demolished | 1965 |
Aldbar Castle, or Auldbar Castle, was a 16th-century tower house, located 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. It was demolished after a fire in 1965.
The estate was owned by the Crammond family since the 13th century before it was sold to John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis (c.1544–1575) in 1575.[1] His son Sir Thomas Lyon (died 1608) served as Treasurer of Scotland from 1585 to 1595, and built the castle in the later 16th-century.[2] The property was subsequently owned by the Sinclair family, and then the Young family.[1]
The Chalmers family owned the estate in the 18th century. The artist Clarkson Stanfield painted the castle in 1801. Patrick Chalmers (1777–1826) enlarged the castle in 1810,[3] and his son Patrick Chalmers (1802–1854) made Baronial-style additions between 1844 and 1854. The castle was destroyed by fire and demolished in 1965. Only the 19th-century stone gateway remains.
A 13th-century grave slab from the castle chapel is held at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.[4]