Cawdor Castle in the Scottish Highlands: Connected to Clan Campbell and Macbeth
This evening, I am posting information on Cawdor Castle near Nairn in the Highlands of Scotland, about twenty miles N.E. of Inverness. This is a popular visitor attraction during summer time, no doubt aided by its close location to Inverness and the famous Culloden Battlefield site. Apart from the castle building (on which more below) there are other facilities for the visitor including: A country estate with waymarked hiking trails. Gardens : walled, flower and wild Golf course and putting green Gift shop, bookshop, wool shop and restaurant. The name Cawdor has its origins in the Brittonic (Welsh) words caled dobhar which translates as 'hard water'. Garden with castle in background Archway in Garden It is believed the present castle dates from the 1400s when it was built, probably by the 3rd Thane of Cawdor ,to replace an earlier castle about one and half miles away. The building was a classic (by standards of the day) four ...