Kindrochit Castle

It is located at Braemar, in a strategic position on the banks of the Clunie Water, a tributary of the River Dee.

[1] Kindrochit was a hunting seat of King Robert II, who issued charters here most years between 1371 and 1388.

In 1390 Robert III granted a licence to Malcolm Drummond to build a new tower on the site.

The site of the earlier royal lodge was excavated in the 1920s and included a hall around 30 by 9 metres (98 by 30 ft), with square towers at each corner.

[3] C. Michael Hogan has suggested that Kindrochit Castle, as well as Kildrummy and Durris Castles, were likely sited based upon strategic positions relative to the ancient Elsick Mounth trackway, which provided a strategic crossing of the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains.