Towie-Barclay, an old castle in the SE corner of Turriff parish, Aberdeenshire, near Anchterless station, and 4¼ miles SSE of the town of Turriff. Supposed to have been built in 1593, it remained pretty perfect till 1792, was re-roofed in 1874, and retains a fine baronial hall with vaulted ceiling. From the beginning of the 12th century till 1733, the estate belonged to the Barclays, one of whose line was the celebrated Russian general, Prince Michael Barclay de Tolly (1759-1818). In 1792 it was sold to the governors of Gordon's Hospital, Aberdeen, for £21,000.Ord. Sur., sh. 86, 1876. See vol. iv. of Billings' Baronial Antiquities (1852).
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