Towie Barclay Castle in Aberdeenshire. The castle was built in 1593, but lands had belonged to the Barclay clan since the 11th century. After a raid on a nunnery in the 12th century, Thomas the Rhymer...Towie Barclay Castle in Aberdeenshire. The castle was built in 1593, but lands had belonged to the Barclay clan since the 11th century. After a raid on a nunnery in the 12th century, Thomas the Rhymer said: "Towie Barclay of the Glen/Happy to the maids/But never to the men.". This was taken to be a curse on the male line, and even led to the clan selling the estate in 1755.
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