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Ruthven Barracks
The Wolf of Badenoch is said to have once occupied the fortress here. According to legend this is where he played chess during a thunderstorm with a tall man that was dressed in black. The next morning the Wolf was dead as were his men - their bodies were supposedly burnt black. In 1592 the fortress was defended by the Gordons of Huntly against a siege by the clan Chattan. Angus MacIntosh was killed by a sniper, but claims were made that he had gone overseas to conceal his death. There was a further siege in 1594 by the Earl of Arran before the Battle of Glenlivet. In 1689 the fort was used as barracks, but it was surrendered to Bonnie Dundee who destroyed it. During the 1745-6 Jacobite Rising, the barracks were defended successfully by 15 men against the Jacobites in 1745, but a siege was successful the following year before the battle at Culloden. Following that battle many Jacobites returned here in an effort to regroup. |
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The Ruthven
Barracks were built in 1719 and extended further in 1724; the site itself has been in use since the Comyns built a castle in the 13th century.
