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Today, the castle and its gardens are owned by the
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dating from the 16th century in two of the rooms, one dating from 1592, and the other from 1597. In many places may be seen the Hay family arms including the three cattle yokes which recall a farmer and his two sons who were instrumental in the defeat of a
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Like many castles, Delgatie is rumoured to be haunted. A number of reports of a ghostly red-haired figure, supposedly one
Alexander Hay, were made by soldiers posted there during the
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