Knockhall castle Scotland by Garlor

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 19, 2009

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There are still plenty of castle ruins for me to locate and this is one. History from Wiki. Knockhall Castle is an historic Scottish castle near to Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. It was built by Lord Sinclair of Newburgh in 1565. It was purchased by Clan Udny, who moved into the castle in 1634. The building was partly damaged in 1639 when taken by the Earl Marischal for the Covenanters, but was later returned to Udny hands. The Clan remained in the castle until 1734, when an accidental fire gutted the building and the Clan moved back to their other property, Udny Castle Another snippet of history, the family were saved from the fire by the court jester who was the very last jester employed by nobility in the UK (who needs to hire one when you have Prince Charles)