Braemar Castle – Farquharson Clan Christmas Card

Braemar Castle, located near the village of Braemar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is owned by the chief of Clan Farquharson. The site is leased to a charitable foundation which opens it to the public under the management of the community of Braemar. The castle was built in 1628 by John Erskine, Earl of Mar, a supporter of William and Mary. It became a casualty of the Jacobite uprisings. The structure was burnt out by John Farquharson of Inverey, the ‘Black Colonel’, who was a staunch Jacobite. It was left a ruin until 1748, then garrisoned troops, before being restored as a home and reoccupied in the early 19th century by the Farquharsons. Photo Courtesy of Neil at Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Modified for contrast, colour, size and the addition of text.