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Please note that Fyvie Castle estate will be closed on Saturday 23 November, due to weather warnings. Please check our Facebook page for updates on Sunday before making any travel plans due to the adverse weather conditions.
About this place
An imposing 800-year-old fortress, with Raeburn portraits on the walls and wildfowl in the loch
Admire the impressive portrait collection, including works by Raeburn, Batoni, Romney, Gainsborough, Opie, Lawrence and Hoppner.
Discover the racquets court and bowling alley, as well as the ice house, bird hide and restored earth closet.
Don’t miss the grisly death mask of a hanged murderer on display in the library.
Enjoy a walk with family and friends around the beautiful grounds.
This magnificent fortress in the heart of Aberdeenshire is a sterling example of Scottish Baronial architecture. Inside, the rooms are filled with antiquities, armour and lavish oil paintings. Out in the grounds the grandeur continues, with a picturesque lake and an unusual glass-roofed racquets court.
Ghosts, legends and folklore are all woven into the tapestry of Fyvie’s 800-year-old history. But stories aside, we do know William the Lion was at Fyvie around 1214 and later Robert the Bruce and Charles I were among its royal guests.
Visit, and lose yourself in the glory of Fyvie’s landscape and the richness of its past.
Ahead of a commemorative Living History event to mark the 1644 Battle of Fyvie, historian Dr Andrew Lind summarises the tangled history of the conflict in which the castle played a significant role.
