Travel Reference
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Castles
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Desolate stone fortresses looming in the mist, majestic castles towering over historic
towns, or luxurious palaces built on expansive grounds by lairds more concerned with pam-
pering than with defence: Scotland has a full range of castles that reflect its turbulent his-
tory and tense relations with its southern neighbour. Most castles have a story (or 10) to tell
of plots, intrigues, imprisonments and treachery - as well as a ghost rumoured to stalk their
halls.
Dunnottar Castle
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