Leslie Castle stands close to the hamlet of Leslie, 3 miles south of Insch in Aberdeenshire. It is an L-plan house, with a square stair tower containing the front door, in the re-entrant angle. The ground floor is vaulted in the usual manner, to make the building as fireproof as possible. It was built in 1661, quite late in the castle building period, and while Clan Leslie like to claim it as their own, the present structure was built by William Forbes, who had married the Leslie heiress. It was a roofless ruin until restored ten years or so ago, and this photograph was taken not long after by my wife Diana.