CHAS’ & SUSAN’S EXCELLENT UK ADVENTURE Day Five … Continued!

This is an “interior” external wall (enclosed-courtyard-facing). Amazing details!

CASTLE FRASER At last, we get to go INSIDE our first castle! The earliest portion of Castle Fraser was called “Muchall,” and was built in 1454! (The lower, rectangular portion.) Between 1575 and 1635 several additions were added, including the square and round towers. Early 19th century additions were also made.

When touring these castles, you’re not allowed to take photos INSIDE. They have security systems that are “extremely sensitive to light … the flash will set them off.” (I suppose it’s a fire-detection kind of gig. I don’t know.)

However, The National Trust for Scotland has published inexpensive booklets for each public castle.
In addition to providing castle history, they’re filled with color pix of interior rooms.
And (oh, surpriZe), I scanned some of them for our trip web site!

If you want to see a few of the INTERIOR rooms of Castle Fraser, CLICK HERE!

All the castles we visited allow pix to be taken from the TOP of the castle!

ABOVE: The East wing flanking the courtyard. RIGHT: The West wing flanking the courtyard.

The Stables in the distance are those I visited earlier (when looking for information) and currently house a Scotland Trust office. They are HUGE! And, parts are under renovation. (The ugly blue plastic is part of that.) Since the office doesn’t appear to need more room, I suspect that they will eventually have tours of the stables, as well.

One last view … and a pretty pic o’ Susan … and, that’s the END of our Castle Fraser visit.

NEXT, we STAY THE NIGHT at CASTLE FORBES! CLICK ABOVE and COME WITH US!

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