Clan Gordon - Auchindoun Castle - Photo Print MacLeod His descendants were raised to

His descendants were raised to the Earldom of Cromartie in 1703

debt forced a sale

Anselan O'Kyan

there is something satisfying about a place that simply announces it

Clan Gordon - Auchindoun Castle - Photo Print MacLeod His descendants were raised toPhotographer Aly Wight took this photograph of Auchindoun Castle, a fifteenth century tower on a hilltop above the Fiddich valley in Moray. The Gordons took possession of it in 1535, adding this commanding high ground to the network of strongholds that made them the most powerful family in north east Scotland. They were known across the region as "Cock o' the North," a title that reflected the reach of their influence from Aberdeenshire into Moray and