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Majestic Z-Plan tower house, which has survived many attacks and contains a treasury of furniture and paintings. In spring 400 species of daffodils are in bloom.
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A delicate tower house with the grace and detail of porcelain. Scottish Baronial style at its best, and with some lovely monkey-puzzle trees in the grounds (see Craigievar Castle) .
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Another exemplary 16th-century tower house, with original features in the Great Hall. Wonderful topiary in the ancient yew hedge.
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When this working distillery closed it was preserved as a time capsule of whisky-making from 1898 to 1980. Beautifully done, and with a traditional free dram!
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One of the three oldest surviving tower houses in Scotland, its High Hall unchanged since medieval times. In fact, it has been owned by just one family for 653 years!
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This astonishingly secret off-shoot of the National Galleries of Scotland is housed in an exquisite Georgian mansion. The collection includes works by Scottish greats Ramsay and Raeburn, as well as El Greco.
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Once known as “the Lantern of the North”, this cathedral was burned out of spite by the Wolf of Badenoch in 1390, but its ruins still draw a crowd.
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The once “noblest of northern castles” is now a grandiose ruin. Brilliant in terms of design, it retains many unique 13th-century features.
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This is the only known resident population (they number around 130) of bottlenose dolphins in the North Sea.
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Quaint seaside resort with a harbour, an open-air Olympic-size swimming pool and a giant, playable draughts (checkers) board. Birds wheel and soar around the cliffs and Dunottar Castle (see Dunottar Castle) is a short drive away.
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