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Crathes Castle (pronounced / ˈ k r æ θ ɪ s / KRATH-iss) is a castle, built in the 16th century, near Banchory in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is in the historic county of Kincardineshire . This harled castle was built by the Burnetts of Leys and was owned by the family for almost 400 years.
The glaistig / ˈ ɡ l æ ʃ t ɪ ɡ / is a ghost from Scottish mythology, a type of fuath.It is also known as maighdean uaine (Green Maiden), and may appear as a woman of beauty or monstrous mien, as a half-woman and half-goat similar to a faun or satyr, or in the shape of a goat. [1]
Crathes Castle station, located 1 ⁄ 4 mile (400 m) to the east of Milton of Crathes was opened by the original Deeside Railway in 1853 for the private use of the Laird of In 1863 Crathes Castle was renamed Crathes and became a public railway station, a role it retained until the closure of the railway line in 1966 due to the famous Beeching cuts.
Green Lady of Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; Green Lady of Knock Castle (Isle of Skye) Green Lady of Longleat in Somerset, South West England; The Green Lady (Hawaii), a female ghost haunting the gulch of Wahiawa, Oahu
In 1553, Alexander Burnet of Leys, the ninth lord of Leys began construction on Crathes Castle, which was finished by his great-grandson, another Alexander, the twelfth lord, in 1596. [22] Alexander Burnett, 12th Laird of Leys (d. 1619), Laird of Crathes Castle, acquired Muchalls Castle about 1600 and commenced its early 17th-century ...
Milton of Crathes antiques shop. Milton of Crathes is a complex of restored 17th-century stone buildings, [1] associated with, and previously an outlier of, Crathes Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site is presently used for retail and restaurant purposes. The location is close to the terminus of the Royal Deeside Railway
Burnett was the Laird of Crathes Castle in the late 16th and early 17th century, and is credited for the completion of Crathes in 1596. He acquired Muchalls Castle about 1600 and commenced its early 17th-century reconstruction. He married Katherine Gordon of Lesmoir. Two caquetoire chairs and a bed at Crathes are carved with their initials and ...
James Crichton of Frendraught or Frendraucht (1599-1667) was a Scottish landowner and survivor of the Fire of Frendraught in October 1630. Several of his guests were killed at Frendraught Castle and arson was suspected, though the facts of the case were widely disputed and remain unresolved.