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Airlie Castle is a mansion house in the parish of Airlie, Angus, 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 built incorporating and on top of some of the ruins in c. 1792–93, and ...
Standing Stone by Baitland of Airlie. Airlie (Scottish Gaelic: Iarlaidh) is a civil parish in the Scottish council area of Angus. It is the seat of the Earl of Airlie, and the location of Airlie Castle. It comprises Craigton of Airlie, Baitland of Airlie and Kirkton of Airlie.
He maintained two homes on the family's 69,000 acres (280 km 2) estate in Angus: Cortachy Castle and Airlie Castle. He also had a home at Sloane Court West in Chelsea, London, where at the time of his death he lived full-time. Career Merchant banking. In 1953, then Lord Ogilvy took up merchant banking, joining J. Henry Schroder & Co.
Airlie Castle is situated in Glen Isla, approximately 3.5 miles (6km) north- east of the town of Alyth. The Castle stands on the south-east side of the confluence of the River Isla and the Melgam Water both of which occupy deep gorges in the landscape. The Castle was built in its present position for defensive purposes with access on the east ...
11 nov 2020 · Airlie Castle sits perched above a deep gorge where the rivers Isla and Melgam meet. Built in Angus in the north-east of Scotland by the Ogilvy family in 1432, it was constructed as a ...
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Airlie Castle lies some nine miles to the northeast of Blairgowrie, in Perthshire. Airlie Castle is the official seat of the Earl of Airlie, the title being granted in 1639 to the Ogilvy family when James, the eighth Lord Ogilvy of Airlie became the first Earl of Airlie.
Airlie Castle | Castle in Airlie, Angus | Stravaiging around Scotland. Home. history. castles. Airlie Castle was built around 1432 by Walter Ogilvy of Lintrathen, occupying a defensive position at the confluence of the River Isla and the Melgam Water.
