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Photographic print showing Braemar Castle

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Photographic print showing Crathes Castle, near Banchory, Aberdeenshire. Garden and tennis court in foreground, two large topiaried hedge structures with castle behind

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Photographic print showing Drum Castle, Aberdeenshire, from north-east

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Photographic print showing Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire. Known as 'the noblest of northern castles'. The castle dominated Strathdon as the seat of the earls of Mar. Built in the mid 1200s, the castle guarded the point where the main routes from the south met before entering Moray and Buchan.

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Small photographic print showing Pitfichie Castle, near Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Built c.1560-70, in 2018 has been completely restored with a vaulted ground floor, a small number of wide shot-holes and pale harl.

Scope and Contents Small gloss photographic print showing stone panel illustration of crucifixion. Kinkell Church first appears on records in the early 1200s and was the mother church of Kinkell parish. It was associated with the Knights Hospitallers from the 1300s until 1420 when the churches' revenues transferred to Aberdeen Cathedral. The stone panel was commissioned by Alexander Galloway, a canon of Aberdeen Cathdral in 1525. The stone panel were removed and replaced by a bronze replica in 1934 and the...

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Gloss photographic print showing the interior and plasterwork ceiling of one of the principal drawing rooms which date from 1624. The ceilings consist of the heraldry of the Burnett of Leys family, relations and friends intermixed with biblical iconography. The overmantel of the Great Hall fireplace features the arms of King James VI flanked by Egyptian? figures.

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Photographic print showing Stonehaven harbour crowded with fishing vessels, variously registered to Aberdeen and Kirkcaldy. A crowd is gathered on the harbour wall.

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Photographic print looking east and showing the ruins of the Chapel of St Mary's and St Nathalan, often known as the Chapel of Our Lady of the Storms. The chapel was dedicated on 22 May 1276 by William Wishart, Bishop of St. Andrews. The chapel was never a parish church but was included the parish of Fetteresso.

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Photographic print showing small boy standing in courtyard in front of vernacular buildings, woodpiles seen, possibly Forfar, Aberdeenshire.