Explore Scotland | The Dunnottar Castle Adventure 

We just went to Scotland last October from North Carolina. We explored as many old castles as we could, and they all took my breath away. Having nothing so ancient or historic in America I really was in awe. We wanted to go to this Castle but just didn't have time ( so many castles in Scotland!) Thank you for taking me there! I'm hoping to go back to this beautiful land soon.

Hello, I'm Korean. I've been to the castle about three years ago. It's good to see it again With a amazing explanation. Thank you♥️

Wow, you're an educated and gentle soul. Taking for taking me thru this trip. Amazing.

I'v been to Dunnottar Castles twice while visiting family in Aberdeenshier. It is amazing ! If you ever go, be prepared for a hike and a chilly wind ! My Mom wished she had dressed warmer.

Just did it yesterday under blue sky. Amazing place. Give me a castle to explore, I’m happy.

Wonderful Video. Thank You for sharing Kim. I am returning to Scotland for the second time in May. I was struggling with the choice to drive 2 1/2 hours Each way, to see this castle. Your video has helped me make up my mind. I will make the long drive to see this splendid castle. Thank You! -Holly

What fasinates me about these old castles and buildings is somebody has to build them, it must have taken years and done without modern day tools, thanks Kim for the history lesson.....I enjoyed your tour too......thank you...

My 29th Great grandfather was marbhachair Chamius who was the Marischal of scotland and the owner of this castle back in the early 1000s, his son was Robert chatti and his son was Warin de keith who was the Knight Marischal of scotland, the castle was in the family from Marbhachair all the way to William keith and that 21 generations which is absolutely Crazy!

I’m from Stonehaven and see this on a regular basis and have to say I have never been in the castle. But it’s great fun riding along the cliff edge on the mtb

Wonderful vlog KIm. Thank you for bringing the castle to life for me. Four generations of my ancestors were born, lived and died in Dunnottar Castle. My Scottish roots are very deep in that land confirmed by both genealogy and DNA. I will never be able to visit Scotland in person and your video thankfully brings me closer to it. Wonderfully done. Keep up the good work.

I love England all it's historic Places .. Your video take me there I can imagine myself there. Someday when I have enough money definitely will visit this palace

loving this in 2021 ,can't wait to watch your other video's!!

Stunningly beautiful. Thank you so much. A small suggestion: hovering over the plaques and signs would be appreciated. I enjoyed reading the one on ghostly encounters and would've liked to have read the others as well, including the sign on the chair, for example. Just a wee suggestion. Many thanks. This was incredible to see.

Thank you for this incredible video. These types of videos are so important during these pandemic days. We can see beautiful places through the eyes of someone new. You are delightful and I am so glad I watched.

I so very much appreciated this video, Kim. I was lucky enough to visit Dunnottar way back in 1995. Didn't have a camera in my phone in those days haha so only a few pictures and fading memories. This brought so much back and I really enjoyed it. Seems like a lot of good work has been done on the place since I was there, but maybe my memory's not that good. A beautiful place I hope to see again one of these days. Thank you.

Excellent video - thank you for doing it - another place added to my bucket list.

Awesome vid. i was surfing for old castles...and found this. Made my evening...thx

What craftsmanship! It boggles the mind to think about the engineering involved and then, the time to execute the construction. Thank you so much for sharing with us Kim.

Wonderful tour, thank you.

I loved this vlog! so interesting, thank you for sharing the castles history and all these beautiful shots!

Thanks for the tour, what a solid, fascinating, beautiful place.

Thank you so much for doing this video, Kim!

GREAT video! Makes me want to add this trip to my bucket list! Thank you Kim! Oh and I love LOVE your voice lol!!!!

Maravilhoso esse castelo! Gostei muito de acompanhar você nesse tour.

Thank again Kim for all that info and a bit of an insight to what that place would have been all those years ago.

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing your adventure with us once again!

I really lke this type of blogs thanks

Fantastic video Kim, it has to be one of the best castles I've ever seen in Scotland and the views are epic. Definitely on my bucket list to visit. Think the kitchen area needs a new worktop though haha. Id love to photograph this one with a light sea mist rolling over the rock and castle. Cracking as ever Kim, well done that lass :-)

Great on my bucket list..🤓✌️

Great video Kim. Just think on the amount of history this place has seen,

What an amazing castle Kim, it looks magnificent and your channel is always the first one I view on a Sunday morning. It encourages me to get out and explore my local area.

I"ve been to Scotland twice, visited many castles and Dunnottar was by far my favorite!

It is so appealing to watch something like this that is produced by someone who is so caught up in the wonderment of history, especially of this era. I gave this a thumbs-up and subscribed to your channel within the first 10 minutes of watching. My God bless you in your continuing in this very wonderful endeavor, and I look forward to catching up on your channel.

Lovely video... thanks for sharing all you did.

Beautiful! It looks like my family might be taking a trip to Scotland next summer, so I'm researching! Thanks for the video. :)

Yet another interesting video - well done kim

It's a beautiful place to see I miss home my heart goes out to so

Whoa, Kim, what a great video. I have a fantasy trip to Scotland planned in the next couple of years. This sounds like a place I would want to spend a full day or more.

Thank you for the video. Is really usefull.

Hey Kim very nice and informative video very nice your video has created an urge to visit this place whenever I come to Scotland.. keep it up

Thank you for a fascinating tour, Kim. Such a lot of history and intrigue, if only walls could talk!...

Another wonderful episode Kim ... good on you.

Please check out some of the castles that once belong to the Clan McDougal. On my mother's side my Great grand father was a McDougal. I love knowing, that as a mutt I have Scottish blood line. Shalom Alecheim.

Morning Kim, such a fascinating insight into the castle! That walk down those steps was stunning before you get to the entrance ! What a great time you had exploring! Amazing hearing all the history too. And those views are immense!

Thanks for the tour Kim!

Thanks for the castle tour. I'm discovering Scotland with you Kim!

great video again Kim, great work

What a nice vlog kim and what a location can't believe I've never been there... Awesome..

My mothers ancestors came from this general area; probably ancient Pictish roots. Thanks for the tour, miss! :)

Excellent video Kim, fascinating insight into the castle, it is definitely on my return to do list 👍👏👏👏

Another great video Kim...Yes its a busy spot for photographers...I stay quite close and visit quite a lot,but most time I delete all the images, although I do have a few I have hanging on my wall..Thanks for the tour

Great video thanks for sharing . Keep up the good work !

Great video Kim, I was as awestruck as you when I visited

What an adventure, love walking around there with you !! all be it in spirit. looking forward to the next vlog...martin

thanks Kim , i will put that on my to visit list when we come up & do the east coast :)

The cave that you spoke of with the metal gate at the other side...years ago my husband remembers that you used to be able to walk through there and gain access to the beach on the other side. Apparently, since the gate has been put in place, there is no longer access to that area. Such a shame. Enjoyed your video. We visited again just last spring...stunning place isn't it? :)

The home of my Keith ancestors. I'd love to visit there someday.

I just want to say thank you for the tour inside one of the homes my ancestors lived in. My ancestor was the Marshall to the king and then took over the castle for a time. Yes, we were then over taken; however we did settle there for a couple decades. #KeithCastle I have always wanted to come visit it. It seems it will never happen for me...so thank you so very much. Bless you

as always enjoyed your video!

It's good to get the feel of an ancient building, and to use your imagination. It must have been the height of luxury in it's time, for people who had to be rather more hardy than us fortunate 21st c. folk. I like your little observation about the consolation of the sound of the sea for the unfortunates in the thief's hole. What songs might it have sung for them! The fascinating patterns of lichens on the stone were worthy of your attention. With my preoccupation with the beauty of trees, I find the various lichens and mosses fascinating, also the large fungi which form on the trunks. Lots of opportunity for close up shots, if you're into that kind of thing! Thanks for taking us on your visit.

Lovely video! Thanks for bringing us. I just discovered this castle on RU-vid and would love to visit, so this was perfect. Sadly, in it's later life, that long barrel vaulted room with a window in the end became a prison. I forget why, but men and women were stuffed in there, trapped in filth and many died. History is so long in Britain that the same sites can witness the sublime in one century and degradation in another. During the English civil war Dunnottar protected the honors of Scotland (crown, scepter and sword.) Cromwell wanted to destroy them and besieged the castle, but they were lowered down the cliffs and taken up the coast, where they were buried under the floor of a church. You clever Scots!

Nice! Enjoying an early morning coffee with a castle tour. Looks like you virtually had the place to yourself. I wonder where else in Scotland I'll be visiting today. I now have had you in Aberdeenshire, and Nigel Danson was in the Highlands. Maybe it's calling me back. That would be nice. Cheers!

Hi Kim i really enjoyed this trip with you around the castle. Like yourself I love to visit old buildings and imagine how it must have been all those years ago ! If only walls could talk to tell us all that went on in such places ? The room with the windows and ceiling looked great and the views were amazing ! We do not have so many castles here in Yorkshire as there are in Scotland but we have some wonderful old abbeys :D Thank you for sharing Kim :D Teddy

This was fantastic. Thank you! What the heck is a "Drawing Room"? What did they do in drawing rooms. Ive always heard that term. Is it the equivalent of todays "family room"?

I seem to remember there was a sign with info about that drawing room?? It was beautiful. And that chair? Info about that chair? Perhaps in the future, you could add facts from the signs or a close up of them that we can read? Thanks for sharing your time at Dunnottar. We had a wonderful day there as well!

Its where they made the beer.thats why the barrel and shoots

thank you

I just discovery your channel and I´m love with it, And you is so cute Nice video thanks

Why do we never see the plaques with all the info as well as your brilliant narration

That was very interesting, I wish you had found one of those ghosts, ha ha.

thank you KIM that was great. i,m a dixon ( clan keith serp )

According to my DNA test, the Earls of Dunnottar Castle were my ancestors. Regardless of if that's true or not, this was such a pleasure to watch. Thank you! ❤️❤️

First one here, for once! By the way, you mention this was used as a military fortress beginning in 1651. Do you happen to know if it was used by the forces supporting Charles II or Cromwell? I would assume, from the geographical location, that it would have been in support of the royalists but the inscription in the drawing room seems to cover the years from the roundhead takeover until the restoration. Did they give that information?

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Haiii kim.. I'm from India I v a question for u do u have experienced anything unusual there.. I mean any horrible experience... I m a great fan of European countries.... But now I can't afford to go theses places.... ❤

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that was very enjoyably now for more coffee … :-))

Hard to believe how little you discovered about the castle. No mention of the Honours of Scotland or Covenanters. Some decent shots of it but a couple of misinterpretations and no real mention of the defences or the fact that they carved away the causeway to the rock so it was harder to approach. Those steps outside the castle leading down to the front door are relatively new. Back in the 60s and 70s it was a somewhat dangerous path, narrow and unpaved, witha precipitous drop on either side, that led there,. The well within the castle is fresh water despite the castle being on a rock formation in the sea. I think you will find that every major castle that was built in the period Dunnottar was will have everything they need within the walls otherwise they could not withstand siege.

I was trying to picture how to say "Dunnottar" with a Scottish accent and it wasn't as exciting as I imagined.

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Jealous. I live in Florida and for the love of god I want to visit this castle so bad

The siege you mentioned was... Cromwell...this castle was the only one still holding out against the English army.! With only 69 men... The Scottish crown jewels we're in hiding there.. but we're sneaked away by a maid..

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Ots not a castle. Its a ruin. A ugly ruin. ❤😂 ok.