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Towie, Aberdeenshire Hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Towie is a small hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, close to Alford and Lumsden, on the River Don.

Towie Barclay Castle

Towie Barclay Castle is a historic castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 4.5 miles south-south-east of Turriff. The current structure was built in 1593 by Clan Barclay. The site was given to the Clan in the 11th century by Malcolm III of Scotland. Following Clan Barclay's pillage of a nunnery in the 12th century, Thomas the Rhymer proclaimed: "Towie Barclay of the Glen/Happy to the maids/But never to the men.", which was interpreted as a curse on the male line. Belief in the curse was strong enough that it was given as a reason by Mr. Barclay Maitland for the sale of Towie Barclay Castle in 1753 to the Earl of Findlater, who, after "dreeing the weird," and after his son also died, sold it to Gordon's Hospital in Aberdeen in 1792.

Towie Castle was a 17th-century tower house, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south west Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south of the river Don.

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