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You can’t visit the castle but there is a great coffee shop/restaurant and beautiful walled garden

Worth a visit: From here you have a beautiful view over Elgin and, in good weather, you can even see the Speyside River. The few remaining remains of Old Elgin Castle are still there.

A lovely property with a spacious park. A lovely place to stop for a rest. More information at National Trust Scotland https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/brodie-castle

Nelson's Tower can be reached via beautiful forest paths. From the top you have a beautiful view of Findhorn Bay.

The castle was first mentioned in documents in 1160, the current building dates from 1567. The small, pretty castle is worth a visit, as are the parks. There is a café right next to the castle. There is a rather elegant and large shop, Brodie Countryfair, with a large restaurant on the street by the car park. The restaurant also offers smaller meals and we can highly recommend it.

Bridge over the Avon from 1745, where a military road used to lead. Here is also the entrance gate with tower house to Ballindalloch Castle

Lovely cafe with home baking open certain days - please check.

The ancestral seat of the earls of Moray Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority. He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.