The Wine Tower of Fraserburgh

I mentioned the Wine Tower, Fraserburgh’s oldest building, in a previous post here along with the associated ghost story. It was also one of the 10 Mystical and Magical Sites in Aberdeenshire that I wrote about for the official tourism site of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

Inside the Wine Tower Through the door we go…

During one Doors Open Day, the tower was, indeed, open, and I finally got to have a look at the interior.

There was no humming and hawing from our guide as there sometimes is in official written histories of the place. The topmost room of the wine tower was a 16th century (post Reformation) Catholic Chapel owned by the Frasers of the nearby castle (now a lighthouse musuem). The carving you can see above depicts Christ’s hands and feet. The one below is the Fraser crest, held by an ostrich.

There seems to have been little exploration of the two lower rooms. There was no information available on them anyway. The middle one can only be reached via this hatch in the floor:

Castle Kitchens

The old castle kitchens were also open for dark and creepy viewing.

Sunset

Let’s end on an autumnal painted sky over the loch.

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