Kinnaird Castle better known as Kinnaird Head Lighthouse which was one of the first lighthouses in Scotland, yes before being converted was indeed a castle, the houses attached were where the keepers and family lived regards Kenny

What are we talking about here...Kinnairdy Castle or something else......it belonged to the Innes Clan.......for years. I know this fellow is looking into the 1900's.........but is it the same place? Help us out here... Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kenmalley4@aol.com> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Kinnaird Castle > Kinnaird Castle better known as Kinnaird Head Lighthouse which was one of > the first > lighthouses in Scotland, yes before being converted was indeed a castle, > the houses attached were where the keepers and family lived > regards Kenny > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

goldie and Lido Doratti wrote: > What are we talking about here...Kinnairdy Castle or something else...... Something else. There is a Kinairdy Castle (generally spelled with just one "n") in the parish of Marnoch, Banffshire, and there are various "Kinnairds" elsewhere: there is an entire parish of that name in Perthshire, and elsewhere in Perthshire there are a "mansion" in the parish of Little Dunkeld and a "hamlet" in the parish of Moulin. There is also a "Kinnaird Castle" in Farnell parish, Forfarshire, and a "Kinnaird House" in the parish of Larbert, Stirlingshire. But as the original enquirer specified "Kinnaird Castle, Fraserburgh", it would be safe to assume that he meant none of the above, bat rather (as Ken has reported) what rather incongruously became the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, now the Museum of Scottish lighthouses: http://www.lighthousemuseum.org.uk/ Incidentally, Kinairdy (Marnoch, Banffshire) is recorded in the "Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland" as "An ancient castellated mansion ... belonging to the Crichtons of Frendraught, from whom it passed to the Earls of Fife" and not to the "Innes Clan" for whom you claim it. Gavin Bell