![]() ![]() His second son James Campbell (potter)(1942-2019) was born here. In the 20th century John Campbell, 5th Earl Cawdor, moved permanently to Cawdor. The architects Thomas Mackenzie and Alexander Ross were commissioned to add the southern and eastern ranges to enclose a courtyard, accessed by a drawbridge. During the 19th century, Cawdor was used as a summer residence by the Earls. In 1827, his son was created Earl Cawdor. John Campbell of Cawdor, a Member of Parliament, married a daughter of the Earl of Carlisle in 1789, and was ennobled as Lord Cawdor in 1796. Cawdor was home to younger brothers of the family who continued to manage the estates, building a walled flower garden in 1720, and establishing extensive woodlands in the later 18th century. ![]() The two were married and afterwards the Campbells of Cawdor lived mainly on their estates in Pembrokeshire. In the 1680s Sir Alexander Campbell, son of Sir Hugh, became stranded in Milford Haven during a storm, where he met a local heiress, Elizabeth Lort of Stackpole Court. ![]() The northwest corner of the castle, from Billings' Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland (1901) The iron yett (gate) here was brought from nearby Lochindorb Castle, which was dismantled by William around 1455, on the orders of King James II, after it had been forfeited by the Earl of Moray. Modern scientific testing has shown that the tree died in approximately 1372, lending credence to the earlier date of the castle's first construction. The remains of the tree may still be seen in the lowest level of the tower. Tradition states that a donkey, laden with gold, lay down to rest under this tree, which was then selected as the site of the castle. One curious feature of the castle is that it was built around a small, living holly tree. Architectural historians have dated the style of stonework in the oldest portion of the castle to approximately 1380. However, some portions of the 15th-century tower house or keep may precede that date. The earliest documented date for the castle is 1454, the date a licence to fortify was granted to William Calder, 6th Thane of Cawdor (or Calder, as the name was originally spelled). The castle is a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens. However, the story is highly fictionalised, and the castle itself, which is never directly referred to in Macbeth, was built many years after the life of the 11th-century King Macbeth. The castle is perhaps best known for its literary connection to William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth, in which the title character is made " Thane of Cawdor". It remains in Campbell ownership, and is now home to the Dowager Countess Cawdor, stepmother of Colin Campbell, 7th Earl Cawdor. Originally a property of the Calder family, it passed to the Campbells in the 16th century. It is built around a 15th-century tower house, with substantial additions in later centuries. Cawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of Cawdor in Nairnshire, Scotland. ![]()
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