Pitlurg Castle

[1] The name 'Pitlurg', meaning 'the hillside place', suggests there was an earlier Pictish settlement on the site.

[3] When James VI was at Aberdeen, on 4 August 1589 he wrote to John Gordon of Pitlurg asking him for a hackney horse for his use and the use of his bride-to-be, Anne of Denmark.

In 1594 James VI invited him to the baptism of Prince Henry to be a companion to the ambassadors.

[5] Robert Gordon of Straloch was born and resided here, inheriting the estate from his brother John.

The structure to the east has been removed, but it is marked by a rebuilt doorway, and by the remains of a stone staircase leading to the second floor of the tower on the south-east side.