Rothiemay: Civil War Period
Avochie Castle
The ruins of the small 17th. century towerhouse of
Avochie stands on
the hillside overlooking the straths of the Deveron and Isla.
Originally
it had two storeys with attics and one or more corner turrets.
Before 1452 when they came into the possession of the Leslies of Balquhain, the lands of Avochie belonged to the Earl of Huntly. In the 16th. century they returned to the Gordons.
John Gordon of Avochie fought at the Battle of Glenlivet in 1594 under the Earl of Huntly who with a force of 2,000 local men, routed 10,000 highlanders commanded by the the protestant Earl of Argyll.
Another John Gordon of Avochie commanded a regiment at Culloden in 1745.