@castlesofscotland: Buchanan Castle is the site of an earlier castle, historically owned by Clan Buchanan who are known to have held the estate of their name since at least 1231. On the death of the last laird of Buchanan in 1681, the castle and estate were bought by the 3rd Marquess of Montrose (of the Graham family). In 1836 the castle passed to the 4th Duke of Montrose. He married Caroline Beresford in the same year and both were involved in breeding and training racehorses and during their time the parkland was used for horse racing. Buchanan became a renowned training establishment for racehorses; the names of their most successful horses were given to holes on the golf course which was later established on the park. In 1850 the original castle burned down and the 4th Duke constructed the current building which became the the official seat of Clan Graham. In 1936 the castle and grounds were converted into a hotel and golf course. During World War II, the castle was used as a hospital and part of the golf course used for farm cultivation to aid the war effort. One of the hospital’s patients was Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s Deputy Fuhrers when he landed in Scotland in 1941 in an attempt to negotiate the United Kingdom's exit from the Second World War. His next accommodation was the Tower of London. After the war ended the castle was briefly used as a school, however soon fell into ruin. In 1954, the roof was removed in order to avoid taxes, and the inevitable decline of the building began. #castle #Scotland #explore #abandonedplaces #haunted

L 💃 :

Why was it abandoned? Its beautiful

Tuiren :

if I win the lottery I'll take it lol

Andrew Herbert537 :

this awakened something deep in me!

🔱AEROLEYLA🧜🏻‍♀️ :

El gobierno debería cuidar sólo de quitarles el monte al rededor para que la estructura no se pierda 😥 historia belleza , mis películas favoritas

Nathan Andrews :

God I'd move there and slowly start cleaning it bit by bit. return it to its former glory!

Edna Noose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 :

Something "man made" being reclaimed by nature 🥰

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇷 :

Sad that we let these castles go to ruin!

Alex Black :

Шотландия умирает. Замки не кому не нужны

Paul Barker :

All the history that building has seen

Delaney Lewis :

I’m a descendant of the Buchanan Clan, my ancestors walked those halls😭

Tajbuilding☑️ :

Ведь когда то здесь люди жили

𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮𐙚 :

Danish :

this is beautiful.i hope to visit scotland one day

lion.www :

Почему нельзя их сохранять?) сделать из них отели, думаю не мало найдется людей кто бы хотел их посещать и перенестись в ту эпоху!

firecracker_66 :

Such s shame what a beautiful place

marleeeeeen :

Nature will reclaim everything

yurikohime88 :

The nerve to vandalize it with graffiti

MaximumS :

И только дождь, в пустынный зал, по лорду слёзы льёт....

MaxBucky24 :

Buchanan here - if I had the money I’d buy it in a heartbeat

Scottishgirlme :

Breaks my heart ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Recycle :

beautiful ❤️❤️❤

VeronicaEscatel🌸💋 :

jajaja porque leí puchaina castle mi disléxica cada día empeora jajaj

Gerry :

it's beautiful should have kept good care of this you'd like to think not let it waste away

Mina :

So sad to see something beautiful abandoned like this…

Умытжан Жуманбаева :

красота почему не реставрируют всю эту прелесть