Scotland:  Dramatic Places - Historic Sites
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Artist:  Karol K. Mack
 
                                                                                                                                                         
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FYVIE
CASTLE

FYVIE
CASTLE

Fyvie Castle
SCOTLAND

Dates from:  1200s
Associated Clans / Families:
Lindsay, Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon, then Leith-Forbes

 

During medieval times, the River Ythan flowed around Fyvie Castle, creating a fortress of impenetrable marshes.  Fyvie began as a royal castle in the 13^th century.  By the late 14^th century, ownership had passed through several families, each of whom added to the structure.  A trio of additions ensued, in 1397, 1433, and 1596.  The sieges of 1644 and 1650 left Fyvie semi-ruinous, and by the 18^th century, in a damaged state; but major repairs came in 1733, followed by another expansion in 1889.  Today, the castle is one of the finest in Scotland.  The painting renders Fyvie’s appearance in 2008.

Pictured:

Fyvie Castle   8" x 10" oil

An excerpt from the book Scotland:  Castles and Clans the Legends.

From:

 Boundaries

A Legend of Fyvie Castle

. . .  I enter this strange realm and am welcomed by creatures, half-animal and half-human.  Elves, small in stature but large in  in heart, are introduced.  I am shown a garden and given an apple.  "Take this for thy wages, Thomas," the commands; "it will give thee a tongue that can never lie." . . .

Told from the perspective

of True Thomas

Fyvie Castle is included in the Lowlands Map.

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