A nice day flying our drones around this abandoned castle ruin and decided to explore it while we were there Follow me on Instagram / exploring_with_alec
Buchanan Castle is a ruined castle in Stirlingshire, Scotland, located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the village of Drymen. The house was commissioned by The 4th Duke of Montrose and built in 1852-1858 as a home for the Montrose family, serving as such until 1925. It was built as a replacement for Buchanan Auld House, which is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to the northwest but was destroyed in a fire in 1852. The old house and surrounding lands had been the property of the Clan Buchanan but passed to the Clan Graham in the late 17th century. The surrounding lands were in the possession of the Clan Buchanan from at least 1231, but the direct chiefly line failed in 1682. Cousins of the Buchanan family, the Du Brul's, are the remaining family. Significant debt had been inherited by 22nd Chief John Buchanan and during his chiefship, the Buchanan estate was gradually sold to satisfy creditors. The estate was bought by The 3rd Marquess of Montrose (1657-1684), whose son became The 1st Duke of Montrose in 1707. The Montrose family occupied the existing Buchanan Auld House and this eventually replaced Mugdock Castle as the seat of Clan Graham, being seen as a dwelling more fitting the title of Marquess. The original house was substantially rebuilt from approximately 1724.
This breaks my heart seeing all those castles like this ,why didnt anyone take care of them amd allow this to happen to pieces of history . It's still beautiful as a ruin but it makes you wonder how beautiful it must have been amd all the things that have happened inside those walls hundreds of years ago
Simple. There is not enough demand for old luxury homes in remote areas. A part of people want to build a new house, a way larger part want to have a premium penthouse in a skyscraper.
Wow, how massive! That castle must had been the largest and biggest castle in Scotland way back in those days. It must had been great to stand on the balcony of the turret to watch the land around..😍 Too bad, only ruins remain now😥
Once lived close by to this castle. It had been vacant a half century.....so sad were the tax laws that allowed this to happen. It was used as a hospital post war. Many locals would be glad to share its history if you visit nearby Drymen including library archivists. The roof was removed to save paying taxes, how sad.
Wow! Amazing place! Nature will totally take that castle over, before too long! Funny how ‘they’ say that the stairs are carved rock, when it’s obviously cast concrete. But then people would begin to ask how THAT concrete is still in perfect condition and our modern day concrete doesn’t last 10 years! The rock structure is still in good shape! It’s a shame that someone doesn’t restore it. People with that kind of money would rather build these new mansions with no character. Truly a magical place. Beautiful castle, your beautiful accents, and the way the sun was rising, just added to the magic! Thank you for sharing!🙏🏻💕
The images from the drone show does take you back in time you could almost feel like what it was like and how they lived way back in time I love the feathered shaped slates just an incredible feeling to witness those views thank you Alec for taking us on this journey and giving us memories and insight into another world
We ALL loved💟it Alec. Love the Castle explores. We started saying, “NO” as your friend jumped the gap in the stairs. Once he cleared it - I said ,”Alec will do it - no problem.” I have a heights phobia and I started to get queezy when you guys came down. Too much for my skittish, chicken heart. Another great one. Too bad some millionaire doesn’t buy it and fix it up. What a Grand Castle it would be…👍🏻 Stay Well, Be Safe, & never loose your zest for exploring Alec. You the BEST‼️
The fly over at the end was terrific. Still a beauty in it's sad condition. Must say made me nervous when you two decided to jump up the missing stairs and then down.
Bearded man i fancy you even more now! You had my legs trembling.Alec has. Taught us all so much on his adventures about the structure the wildlife,,, safety and how to be brave and courageous; his superpowers ever present in his company;
It may have been damp in the basement, but its modern enough to have a 'tarry' damp course built in. When I was a wee laddie I had an ancient Buchanan kilt for Sundays. Not because of any Buchanan heritage, but because my mother liked the orange and yellow colouring.
Hey Alec. just woke up; My notifications was full; didn't see this on their; it's 3.45am and I'm still smiling with delight! That you have appeared on my screen! Nothing else is more worthwhile watching than this. Thanks for doing your thing! Xxxxxx
This really is incredible magical memorable valuable work that you're doing for Scotland's archives; people will be thanking you in hundreds of years! Time; for capturing history you will sincerely be praised for your contribution that has come about from your love and passion for exploring. Love you Alec you are Mr magic
Thank you two fellas for sharing such an awesome exploration into a piece of history. A beautiful work of architecture that was shamefully left to ruin after WWII because of taxes. In 1954 the roof was removed so that it could no longer be taxed as a residence, and as seen in this video, sadly, the building has greatly deteriorated since that time. As for the history of this beautiful place, the 4th Duke of Montrose commissioned the house to be built, as a replacement for Buchanan Auld House, which is located half of a mile (0.80 km) to the northwest but was destroyed in a fire in 1850. The castle's foundation stone was laid in August 1850, yet construction for the castle major was started in 1852 finishing up in 1958. It was the residence of the Montrose family, serving as such until 1925. Buchanan Auld House and surrounding lands had been the property of the Clan Buchanan but in the late 17th century it passed to the Clan Graham. It remains the seat of the Clan Graham to this day and no Buchanan has ever lived in the castle and it's not a Clan establishment.
Terrific drone footage -- had me palms sweating on that broken staircase truly hazardous. Tremendous video. Take care -- its not worth breaking an arm or a leg. All the best to you intrepid explorers.
This castle became a hospital during WW2 and among many patients was also Rudolf Hess, a high ranking politician of the Nazi party in Germany who was shot down by British forces over Scotland. He was send to Britain to negotiate a peace treaty with Britain because a victorious Germany looked increasingly more likely while Britain was surrounded by german forces.
Scotland is cool. You have ancient castles there. The oldest places we have here in California are old west ghost towns which, without any refurbishing, are falling apart faster than your castles. Someday I'm going to Scotland and see the land of my ancestors. Clan Baird. A lone piper playing during the drone footage at the end would have been awesome!
Love these old ruins. Thanks for showing us all around them in your videos. I know it can be a dangerous job too. This is easily one of my favorite exploring channels to watch. 👍
That was the first thing I though of when I saw the title on your video, aye what a fright I got that day Alec, mind you it took you about half an hour to get me up from that pit, due to you laughing your arse off lol another cracking video pal and awesome drone footage too :-)
This was a truly awesome explore, Alec. What a beautiful castle it must have been . Its a pity it couldn’t be restored. Perhaps one day in the future. Drone footage and photos are excellent. I was just thinking, no pigeons, when one attempted to land on the tower.
Los ojos del grafiti indicaban explorar más abajo. Lo bueno es que nuestro amigo Alec no se detiene. Gracias por traernos excelentes e interesantes exploraciones 👍
This was a fantastic journey through time. It’s truly breathtaking! I used my imagination to try and see what it was like before devastation set in and took over. Thank you for the tour, I loved it! Tc and stay safe always.
Buchanan is everyones perception of a ruined Scottish castle submitting to nature, yet still defiant. Dream-like etherial beauty about this building, especially from the drone footage. Credit to you guys for capturing it so well.
what an amazing building but also not surprising its abandoned when you consider the manpower and money needed to keep these buildings in top condition, great explore, thanks for sharing
I went to school just a few miles from Buchanan Castle. I am 55 years old now. When we were kids, my mates and I used to go and play there in the dark with torches. Fun times.
Awww my gud! Let’s see if I can carry on watching this so far the plumbers knocked my son’s called and my husband is in his way back from north wales.😂🤣😂
Fabulous. I think this is my favourite. This is the kind of place I took atmospheric photos before I was wheelchair bound. I loved watching. Thank you 🙂
A fascinating video but heartbreaking to see a building into which so much skilled labour and wonderful materials was put now just rotting to nothing. Wouldn't it be wonderful to see it restored and used again?
Looks like the green kings castle no? I traced Nebuchadnezzar family name to Buchanan believe it or not and this makes me wonder if connected? Thank you so much for giving me the chance to witness such magic. Nice work boys!
I'd say the roof tiles.reminded me more of fish scales!, great place for sure, the spiral staircase reminded me of a helta skelta with all that mud smoothed over it!, it's amazing how mud can accumulate at such a height from the ground?,🤔, amazing drone work!, Take care guys!,😜✌
Usually I can visualise how a building would have looked inside, hard wi this one it's so far gone, my husband works in demolition, he's been in some interesting place's over the years, an old cinema recently 👍
Beautiful place! I was trying to imagine how it was, when lot of people lived there, it's a pity it is so ruined. It reminds me Jane Eyre's castle. I enjoyed so much the video, thank you!
Alec when your mate jumped the gap down the stairs, waited there for u and then u jumped down too! I'd have been panicking that would collapse. Before that when u leant over and looked down from the top..... heart in my mouth! Brave guys. Loved the explore and the little bits of history left. Shame twats have to spray paint heritage. Is another RU-vid guy who went round a lot of these abandoned ruins. U cover them so well and try to get to the upper floors. Crazy but awesome watch. Cheers chap!
To climb those stairs , you must have nerves of steel! It would be nice, if some very wealthy person , would buy that, and have it restored. I know it would take millions of dollars, to do so, but the results would be fabulous!
I often wonder about the nature of the conversations that the men who built these old buildings would have had. Incidentally, how were the laths of the lath and plaster fixed to the stone walls? Also, I imagine what intrigues within the family and the servants there must have been during its heyday and what ultimately caused the family who owned tit o let it go to ruin.
The drone footage is absolutly beautiful ,How old is this place ? 1000s of castles around scotland just like this no? My whole life since I was little I've dreamed of one day going around Scotland to see all of the castles even the ruins ,looks like that's the kitchen ,storage rooms and the servants rooms down underneath. Usually were in places like these not a dungeon ,people had castles as their family homes they didnt all have dungeons and cells
This video highlights a real danger of exploring old, dark abandoned places: holes in the floor where you don't necessarily expect them! Awfully easy to fall down such a thing.
