Airlie Castle

Airlie Castle
Airlie, Angus, Scotland

Drawing of Airlie Castle
Airlie Castle
Coordinates 56°39′22″N 3°09′18″W / 56.6562°N 3.1551°W / 56.6562; -3.1551Coordinates: 56°39′22″N 3°09′18″W / 56.6562°N 3.1551°W / 56.6562; -3.1551
Grid reference grid reference NO 2928 5220
Type Mansion
Site information
Open to
the public
Private
Site history
Built 15th century; rebuilt 19th century
Materials Stone

Airlie Castle is a mansion house near the junction of the Isla and Melgund rivers, 9 kilometres west of Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. A castle was built on the site in c. 1432 and was burnt out in 1640, with a mansion house being built incorporating and on top of some of the ruins in c. 1792–93 and is occupied.[1]

History

The castle was built in c. 1432 by Walter Ogilvy of Lintrathen, Lord High Treasurer of Scotland after being granted lands in 1432 by King James I of Scotland. It became a stronghold and chief residence of the Ogilvies.

During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms the Ogilvies supported King Charles I and the Royalist cause. The castle was destroyed in 1640 by Parliamentarian troops led by Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll and the incident is described in the ballad "The Bonnie Hoose o' Airlie".

Citations

  1. "Airlie Castle/Airlie House". CANMORE. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
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