15 Feb 2018

Northern exposure

Written by Bill Bleakley

Project Reveal’s North East team take you on a visual tour of the castles and houses where they are busy recording and photographing the collections.

Crathes Castle is a 16th-century tower house with an intricate maze of turrets, towers, oak panels & painted ceilings.
Resembling a French chateau, Leith Hall was built in 1650.
Originally built in the 13th century, the tower at Drum Castle is one of the oldest in Scotland.
J M Barrie, who wrote Peter Pan, was born in this small whitewashed cottage.
Completed around 1626, Craigievar is said to be the inspiration for Walt Disney's Cinderella Castle.
House of Dun is a Georgian country house, which was inspired by the Chateau d'Issy, near Paris.
Robert the Bruce held an open-air court at Fyvie Castle, and Charles I lived here as a child.
Haddo is a large stately home and was used as a maternity hospital during WWII for evacuated mothers.
The Great Garden at Pitmedden dates back to 1675, but was re-created in the 1950s.
Mar Lodge was originally built in 1895 as a sporting lodge for the 1st Duke of Fife.
Construction of the elaborate, five-storey, Z-plan castle by the 6th Laird of Fraser began in 1575.
Barry Mill is a category A-listed water-powered mill, which produced oatmeal and animal feed until 1982.