Cawdor Castle
In 1454 King James II permitted the 6th Thane of Cawdor to build this Castle. Clan Campbell obtained control of the castle in 1511 by forcing the 12 year-old daughter of the 8th Thane to marry John, the younger son of Archibald Campbell . To assure his position as the next Thane, the ruthless John Campbell summarily disposed of various of his wife’s relatives. This was iniitially a simple tower-house, the upper storey, parapets and massive iron yett were added later in the 15th century. The ranges were added in the late 17th C. however having declared support for the Jacobites, the family wisely left for their Welsh estates for the best part of the next century