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Craigievar Castle in the Scottish Highlands

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If you were to draw a pink fairy tale castle, Craigievar Castle in the Scottish Highlands might be the one you would base it on. Proportionally it is near perfect. Turreted and surrounded by verdant Aberdeenshire countryside, it is framed with an avenue of beech trees and a stupendous, ancient monkey puzzle. Whilst the castle is moderately powerful-looking, it is most undeniably pretty. Which is perhaps why when Walt Disney saw a picture of it, he is said to have been inspired by it for his Cinderella castle.

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Dunrobin Castle attic sale

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When a press release dropped into my inbox for a forthcoming attic sale at Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland, I think my jaw also dropped, just ever so slightly. Sales like this don’t happen very often. A recent decluttering of the attics and cellars at the Scottish castle revealed generations of long forgotten treasures of domestic life. Prior to the sale on 20 April 2021, Bonhams auctioneers in Edinburgh have curated a selection of some of the 450 lots with an evocative set of photos.

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