This is the ruin of the Edzell Castle. It was built in the 12th century by the Abbott family. Later it past into the hands of Crawford Lindsay and remained with that family for 350 years. The original was built of earth and stone. It was rebuilt, of Sand stone, at its current location between 1500 and 1600. It seems most castles took a couple of hundred years to complete. Visits were made there by Mary Queen of Scots and her son James VI. (Note the spooky tree behind the castle wall.)