Aldbar Castle

The estate was owned by the Crammond family since the 13th century before it was sold to John Lyon, 8th Lord Glamis (c. 1544 – 1575) in 1575.^[1] His son, Sir Thomas Lyon (died 1608), served as Treasurer of Scotland from 1585 to 1595, and built the castle in the late 16th century.^[2] The property was subsequently owned by the Sinclair family, and then the Young family.^[1]

The Chalmers family owned the estate in the 18th century. The artist Clarkson Stanfield painted the castle in 1801. Patrick Chalmers (1777–1826) enlarged the castle in 1810,^[3] and his son Patrick Chalmers (1802–1854) made Baronial-style additions between 1844 and 1854.

A 13th-century grave slab from the castle's chapel is held at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.^[4]

• Scotland's Lost Country Houses
• Photos of Aldbar Castle^{[dead link]}, University of Aberdeen Photographic Archive