Cawdor Castle situated between Nairn and Inverness. SCO 9640.
Set in wooded grounds, the present buildings date from the early 14th century, but the old drawbridge over the defensive ditch now takes tourists into the central square tower. Once through the portcullis, you can visit the restaurant and bookshop to your left, or if you have paid to enter the castle itself, turn right and begin the tour of the drawing room (and the minstrel's gallery), then go up the stairs to the lovely tapestry bedroom, followed by the yellow room, across the landing into more bedrooms overlooking the stream, eventually making your way into the old tower room. The latter incorporates a hidden trapdoor used to take any unwelcome visitor straight down a chute carved within the thickness of the castle wall and into a dungeon which has no other means of entry or exit. It was only discovered in 1976 during building work on the room above and has now been partially opened up for viewing.
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Location: Cawdor Castle, Cawdor, Nairn. Moraryshire Grampian Region. Scotland. UK.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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