Qualla: Findlater Castle https://qualla.com/findlater-castle en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:25 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/q/0/findlater-castle-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Findlater Castle https://qualla.com/findlater-castle Findlater Castle: Introduction https://qualla.com/findlater-castle/ Photo credit Ingo Wölbern, Public domain. James Ogilvy decided his inheritance was taking too long. The plan he hatched, with the cool patience of an heir tired of waiting, was to lock his father in a cellar at Findlater and deprive him of sleep until his mind broke. He would then take possession of the lands as guardian to an incompetent man. The plan went badly. James lost everything to a Gordon rival, his mother married that same Gordon and was promptly imprisoned herself, and the whole vicious story ended with the Earl of Huntly's defeat in battle and the executed Gordon's body strapped to a horse. The cliff still stands. The castle ruins still cling to it. The Aberdeenshire coast keeps the story.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/q/0/findlater-castle-wp/gfq0-findlater-castle-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Findlater Castle: White Cliff https://qualla.com/findlater-castle/ Photo credit Stephen Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0. The name comes from Scots Gaelic: fionn for white, leitir for cliff or steep slope. The cliffs at Findlater contain quartz, and in the right light they catch the sun and read as pale stone against grey North Sea water. The castle sits on a fifty foot high outcrop overlooking the ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/q/0/findlater-castle-wp/gfq0-findlater-castle-white-cliff.mp3 0:06 2 full Findlater Castle: The Ogilvy Inheritance https://qualla.com/findlater-castle/ Photo credit Ingo Wölbern, Public domain. Walter Ogilvy obtained a licence from James II to repair the castle in February 1445, beginning the long Ogilvy connection to the site. James V of Scotland visited in November 1535, on his way home from a pilgrimage to Tain. James Ogilvy of Findlater, Master of Household to both ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/q/0/findlater-castle-wp/gfq0-findlater-castle-the-ogilvy-inheritance.mp3 0:06 3 full Findlater Castle: Mary's Army https://qualla.com/findlater-castle/ Photo credit Cosmo Alexander, Public domain. John Gordon was a fighter as well as a schemer. In July 1562 he and James Ogilvy met in Edinburgh and Gordon injured Lord Ogilvy's arm in the brawl. By the custom of the time, Gordon was imprisoned until his victim healed. He used the time poorly. By September 1562 Mary, Queen of...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/f/q/0/findlater-castle-wp/gfq0-findlater-castle-marys-army.mp3 0:06 4 full Findlater Castle: The Castle Empties https://qualla.com/findlater-castle/ Photo credit Anne Johnson, CC BY-SA 2.0. James Ogilvy was made 1st Earl of Findlater in 1638, restoring the family fortune in title if not in domestic comfort. He built Cullen House inland, where the family could live with central fireplaces and dry floors and views of trees rather than salt spray. By the time he died i...

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