Cawdor Castle Photos

Cawdor Castle has been expanded around a 15th C tower. Still owned the family, it is run as a house museum open for tours.

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Cawdor Castle expanded around a 15th C tower house is still family-owned but open for tours. Cawdor, Scotland.	Original tower & expansions of Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Facade over garden of Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Drawbridge entrance of Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Bell & Be Mindful stag's head arms over entrance of Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Gardens of Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Flower bed at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Drawing room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Three portraits in drawing room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	John Campbell, 1st Baron of Cawdor & 18th Thane portrait (1778) by Sir Joshua Reynolds at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Gentlemen with horses & hunting dogs painting over drawing room fireplace mantle at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Portraits in drawing room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Tapestry bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Gilded headboard on four-poster bed (c1662) in tapestry bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Flemish tapestry (c1682) with English Charles II day bed in tapestry bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Flemish tapestry (c1682) shows Noah & family sacrificing a lamb after the flood in tapestry bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Detail of Flemish tapestry (c1682) with Moses & Israelites crossing the Red Sea in tapestry bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Flemish tapestry (c1682) shows Moses & Israelites crossing the Red Sea in tapestry bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	French Louis XV marquetry writing desk signed by Hache of Grenoble plus English Gothic Windsor chair (c1760) at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Glass globe on bentwood stand with six legs at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

The yellow sitting room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Corner or sword chair with second level back in yellow sitting room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Drop-leaf table with tea service & silhouettes in yellow sitting room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Crank operated bellows at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Chinese famille-rose plates in yellow sitting room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Woodcock bedroom with Sheraton four-poster canopy bed (1789) at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Lady Caroline Campbell of Cawdor portrait by Beechey over fireplace in Woodcock bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Eustacia Campbell portrait by Cotes in Woodcock bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Pryse Campbell portrait (c1745) by William Hoare over French writing desk by Stockel in Woodcock bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Meissen porcelain clock on French writing desk by Stockel in Woodcock bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Washstand with hinged covers over basin & pitcher beneath in Woodcock bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Pink bedroom with Chippendale beds & tapestries at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Folding card table in pink bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Scene from Don Quixote tapestry in pink bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Chinese export punchbowl in pink bedroom at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Pink dressing room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Wardrobe in pink dressing room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Collection of Scottish paintings in Tartan Passage at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Pottery by James Campbell brother of Lord Cawdor at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Fire buckets at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Tower room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Flemish tapestry (c1630) represents medical science in Tower room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Flemish tapestry (c1630) with signs of zodiac in Tower room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Evening seascape painting by Joseph Vernet at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Venetian noble's gondola chair (18thC) in Tower room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Frog basket in Tower room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Vault of Cawdor Castle tower built around tree which legend says was where the Thane's donkey lay down to sleep, a good omen the Thane had in a dream. Cawdor, Scotland.	Red squirrel at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Dining room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Table setting in dining room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Stone mantle (1671) commemorates 1510 marriage of Sir John Campbell of Argyll to Muriel Calder of Cawdor of in dining room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Dining room with tapestries at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Scene from Don Quixote tapestry in dining room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Antique baroque mantle clock G. Champion of Paris in dining room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Ceiling design in dining room at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Kitchen at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Tabletop fruit press at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Porcelain service & collection in kitchen at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Campbell family crest famille-rose plate from China (c1785) at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Blue & gold porcelain in kitchen at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Ceramic statuette of Black Watch (42nd regiment) soldier at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Detail showing badger sporran on ceramic statuette of Black Watch (42nd regiment) soldier at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Pots & pans in old kitchen at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Hot water urn at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Milk cans at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Antique grinder or pump at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Knife cleaner & butter churn at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Collection of irons at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.

Clockwork roasting device at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Antique fire pumper engine at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.	Pedal tricycle at Cawdor Castle. Cawdor, Scotland.