Castle Stuart

Castle Stuart is a restored tower house on the banks of the Moray Firth, about 6.5 miles (10 km) northeast of Inverness.

The land the castle was built on was granted to the 1st Earl of Moray by his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, following her return to Scotland in 1561. The successive murders of Lord Moray and his son-in-law, the 2nd Earl of Moray, meant that the castle was finally completed by his grandson, the 3rd Earl of Moray, in 1625.

Though the castle initially flourished, it fell into disuse as the fortunes of the House of Stuart sank during the English Civil War and King Charles I's execution in 1649. The castle lay derelict for 300 years before being restored; it is currently used as a luxury hotel.

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Castle Stuart ranks #4,890 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #172 of the 207 mapped in Scotland. Founded 1619, it is older than 31% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 672 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,796 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Inverness, 8 km away. It is one of the 69 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Scottish Highlands. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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