title: Tales and Traditions of Scottish Castles
author: Nigel G Tranter
description: Nigel Tranter's gift for bringing Scottish history to life is demonstrated in this lively book which details 45 of the nation's castles with associated tales and traditions. With a broad geographical spread, Tranter breathes life into many of Scotland's gaunt and shadowy ruins with a lively mix of anecdote, fact, myth and legend. It is an essential holiday companion when visiting Scotland.
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  "THE CASTLE OF GLAMIS, a venerable and majestic pile of buildings," says an
  old Scots
  
  
  Gazetteer, "is situate about one mile north from the village, on the flat
  grounds at the
  
  
  confluence of the Glamis Burn and the Dean. There is a print of it given by
  Slezer in
  
  
  Charles II.'s reign—by which it appears to have been anciently much more
  extensive, being
  
  
  a large quadrangular mass of buildings, having two courts in front, with a
  tower in each,
  
  
  and gateway through below them; and on the northern side was the principal
  tower, which
  
  
  now constitutes the central portion of the present castle upwards of 100 feet
  in height. The
  
  
  building received the addition of a tower, in one of its angles, for a spiral
  staircase from
  
  
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