Castle Stuart

Castle Stuart
	Petty, Inverness, Scotland
	250px Castle Stuart
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Type	Tower house
Site information
Owner	Private
Condition	Restored
Site history
Built	between 1619 and 1625
Built by	James Stuart, 3rd Earl of Moray
In use	17th century; 20th and 21st centuries

Castle Stuart is a restored tower house on the banks of the Moray Firth, about 6.5 miles northeast of Inverness.^[1]

The land the castle was built on was granted to James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray by his half-sister, Mary, Queen of Scots, following her return to Scotland in 1561.^[2] The successive murders of Stewart and his son-in-law, James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray, meant that the castle was finally completed by his grandson, James Stuart, 3rd Earl of Moray, in 1625.^[2] Though the castle initially flourished, it fell into disuse as the fortunes of the House of Stuart sank during the English Civil War and Charles I was executed.^[2] The castle lay derelict for 300 years before being restored; it is currently used as a luxury hotel.^[2]

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