Delgatie Castle

Grey Granite and Dr Anne arranged to meet at Delgatie Castle, Grey Granite parked in the lower, visitors car park. Dr Anne, having Hay connections, prudently parked closer to the castle. The woodland tracks through the estate look inviting but today in the heavy rain were awash. However, Grey Granite enjoyed the short walk up through the castle garden to the castle and hoped to take some photographs on the way back. She anticipated that the rain would have gone off by then. Alas, there was at that point a heavy downpour which made photography impossible and flooded several of the minor roads on Grey Granite's  cross country route home from King Edward.

Delgatie Castle from the visitors car park. The imposing castle was a seat of the Hays, Earls of Erroll and High Constables of Scotland. The castle has been much altered but the original 5 storey square keep probably dates from 1570. Mary Queen of Scots spent three days at Delgatie after the Battle of Corrichie. A Delgatie Hay was standard bearer to Montrose.

Remains of a waterwheel by the Laundry

The pink washed laundry, now Forester's Cottage was built about 1800 and has extraordinary ogee windows and crockets (the ornate little towers at each corner of the roof)

Cannons by the main entrance to the castle overlook the park lands and trout fishery

Grey Granite hopes that it will be possible to revisit the castle and grounds in better weather
 and to follow the route suggested by the Walkhighlands website.