@castlesofscotland: Buchanan Castle is the site of an earlier castle, historically owned by Clan Buchanan who are known to have held the estate of their name since at least 1231. On the death of the last laird of Buchanan in 1681, the castle and estate were bought by the 3rd Marquess of Montrose (of the Graham family). In 1836 the castle passed to the 4th Duke of Montrose. He married Caroline Beresford in the same year and both were involved in breeding and training racehorses and during their time the parkland was used for horse racing. Buchanan became a renowned training establishment for racehorses; the names of their most successful horses were given to holes on the golf course which was later established on the park. In 1850 the original castle burned down and the 4th Duke constructed the current building which became the the official seat of Clan Graham. In 1936 the castle and grounds were converted into a hotel and golf course. During World War II, the castle was used as a hospital and part of the golf course used for farm cultivation to aid the war effort. One of the hospital’s patients was Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s Deputy Fuhrers when he crash landed in Scotland in 1941 in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom’s exit from the Second World War. His next accommodation was the Tower of London. After the war ended the castle was briefly used as a school, however soon fell into ruin. In 1954 the roof was removed in order to avoid taxes, and the decline of the building began. #Scotland #castle #History #visitscotland #abandoned

bettaguy :

Why can’t billionaires do something useful with their unimaginable wealth like restore such wonders instead of hoarding it allllll

Cheshire_boulevard :

Why build more mansions and stuff when full on castles still exist??

Tina Maziarski :

A family member shared with me the our Cruickshank family has castle ruins in Scotland. How would I find out where and what Castle it would be?

Vautiko :

Sad... Something that stood for an era, destroyed due to taxes and greed.

Carrie Berry :

It's sad how a beautiful castle with so much history is still standing this day ❤

Alix :

‘This is sad’ ‘someone clean it up’ MATE THIS IS SO MUCH MORE PRETTY AND POWERFUL THAN A OLD CASTLE THATS CLEAN. LIKE IT HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY NATURE AND THE MOSS, LEAVES, VINES, IVY, ETC ETC GIVES IT SO MUCH CHARM AND BEAUTY.

Artur :

❤Beautiful ❤

Highland Reckoning :

So sad to see them left in such disarray.

Finding Scotland :

that's absolutely stunning! I need me a drone for sure!

karen younger :

that is amazing

Raiden :

le grand JD

Ishak.Gri :

my dream to visit the old scotish castles 🥺

£¡Li$H.0008 :

were these people who build this place,,for living,,we don't no😢,,because our destination is death,,everything is finished end of the day

MONSTER ENERGY :

On the one hand, it looks very beautiful, but on the other hand, it's very sad that time flies so fast.🥺

NAJI NA :

I hope that I can get the chance to visit such a master piece from heaven 🥰

sammyspring :

Had to remove a roof for tax reasons. How can that be so? A near thousand year building should be 100% tax exempt

Jeevan Prakash :

😳omg why nobody cares about the value of this historic icon

Musa Kopic :

AmandaAtTheBeach :

Not been very well looked after has it 😞

Tamster :

Loch Lomond in the background too

JazMann36 :

So, if I don't want to pay any more taxes I just need to take the roof off my house?

Bang Tosu :

I am Lord Stark😌

DEUS :

yo Nicole le pido a Dios que me junte con mi mujer Miriam que perdonamos solo y que nada ni nadie puede ocupar nuestro sitio♥️así es hecho esta gracias gracias gracias amén.baba porque ahora nos oyes ♥️quitala la marca

Nature Lover :

rich history.

jörg♤2606 :

ich möchte das sehen