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Ballindalloch Castle in Scotland is 27 miles
northeast of Aviemore, 14 miles east of
Grantown-on-Spey, by the small village of
Ballindalloch, just off the main A95 road.
The Castle was built for the Grant's from
1546.
The Castle can be visited mid March - late
Sept with an entrance fee. Postcode: AB37
9AX
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Ballindalloch Castle History
1499 - the lands of Ballindalloch were
granted to John Grant of Freuchie by King James
IV for his support in war.
These Grant's also had land 15 miles west of
Ballindalloch at Grantown-on-Spey, where their
Castle Freuchie from the 1400s is situated.
Castle Freuchie is now known as Castle
Grant.
1546 - Ballindalloch Castle was built for
John Grant, grandson of John Grant of
Freuchie.
1638 - thousands of Scots including the
Grant's in this area signed the National
Covenant, resisting changes to the Church
of Scotland by King Charles I.
1645 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of
Montrose, working for Charles I, attacked and
burned Ballindalloch Castle, forcing the
Grant's to flee.
1649 - Charles I was beheaded during the
English Civil War.
1650 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of
Montrose was hanged in Edinburgh with his head
placed on a spike on the Old Tolbooth in
Edinburgh.
Ballindalloch Castle was restored around
this time.
1770 - extensions were added to
Ballindalloch Castle by General James
Grant.
1806 - General James
Grant died with the Castle passing to his
grandnephew, George Macpherson, who was known
as Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 1st Baronet of
Ballindalloch.
1996 - Ballindalloch Castle Golf Course
opened.
2014 - Ballindalloch Distillery opened on
the grounds of Ballindalloch Castle for the
Macpherson-Grant's, next to the Golf Course,
using Barley grown on the Estate.
Today - the Castle is still owned by the
Macpherson-Grant's.
The Dinning Room is Haunted by The Green
Lady.
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