Description:

Built in 1360 by Sir Thomas Sibbald, Lord Treasurer of Scotland, the castle then belonged to the de Lundin family and the Leslies, Earls of Leven. The 1st Earl was Lord General of the Scottish Army in the 17th century (1638-c.1651) and the 3rd Earl, who added the latest wing of the castle in 1702, founded the King´s Own Scottish Borderers in 1689 and was the founding Governor of the Bank of Scotland.
 Balgonie was visited by James IV on 20 August 1496 and by Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1565. Rob Roy MacGregor is said to have garrisoned Balgonie with 200 Jacobite soldiers holding 20 Hanoverian prisoners in January 1716.

It was sold in 1824 to the Balfours of Whittinghame. The castle has undergone a long-running programme of restoration and is occupied.