Description:

The imposing castle with five towers stands in a commanding position on the left bank of river Ythan in the lowlands of Aberdeenshire. Fyvie Castle has a colorful history and was believed to have built by William the Lion in 1211. Charles I lived there as a child and Robert the Bruce held an open-air court at Fyvie.

It ceased to be a royal stronghold after the Battle of Otterburn in 1390 and was owned in succesion by five families, Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon and Leith.