Abergeldie Castle (10)
Prior to the biblical flood of 2016, there was a rather pretty little suspension bridge across where the cable crosses the river (which I think is the last vestige of the bridge).  Deeside seems to specialise in such bridges.  Another was nearly lost at Cambus o'May, but while that one was repaired, this one appears to have gone for ever.

The 11th laird, Peter Gordon, inherited Abergeldie from his mother and died in 1733, whereupon his son Charles Gordon, became 12th laird.  Thereafter and for the next four generations, every eldest son failed to produce an heir and was succeeded by a younger brother.  The 13th and 14th lairds were brothers, as were the 15th and 16th.  

The 17th laird, Lt. Col. Hugh Mackay Gordon, (died 1901), was the nephew of the 16th, by yet another brother, and he was succeeded by his brother.  A typical effect of this is that by the time the younger brothers inherit, they have already moved away (typically to England, particularly if they joined the armed forces) and had no great interest in returning to a cold and draughty Scottish tower-house just because their elder brother had died!  I imagine that this is why the Royal Family were able to rent Abergeldie for so much of the 19th century.
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