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This small, ancient town
sits stoically above the fast-flowing River
Dee close to a number of forest walks. One
path takes the visitor to the top of 1,000ft
Scolty Hill, which has a monument to General
Burnett, an officer in the Napoleonic Wars.
His home was L-shaped Crathes Castle, a 16th
century tower house said to be one of the
finest Jacobean houses in Britain. Looking
more like a chateau, it contains the Room of
Nine Nobles, the Room of the Muses and the
Room of the Green Lady - all famous for their
painted ceilings. Its four-acre garden
contains an ancient yew hedge while an ivory
horn that once belonged to Robert the Bruce
hangs in the Great Hall. |
Banchory High Street - Photo:
Richard Slessor
CCL |
