The rich farmland of Aberdeenshire is home to more castles per acre than any other part of the British Isles and one of the finest is Castle Fraser, which sits amongst fields of oats and barley, 20 ...
20 miles north of Aberdeen. The castle was built in 1575 for the Fraser family, who, over many generations, filled it with an extensive collection of artworks, including a portrait by Raeburn.
It is now being put on public display at Castle Fraser, near Dunecht. It had become known as the chimney map because it was initially said to have been found stuffed up a chimney. However ...