The
Stuarts tell their own story of bringing Castle Stuart back to life .
" Incredible as it still seems to me, my chance came to turn back
the clock and recreate history in Castle Stuart. The house had been completed
in 1625 by James Stuart, 3rd Earl of Moray and had flourished during his
lifetime, but through disuse had fallen into decay till the day my wife
and I first saw it as a derelict, ruinous ghost of the past.
The house was never meant to be a monument; it was built to be lived
in and with eight bedrooms it can be enjoyed by more than one small family
of Stuarts. The view from the battlements and each bedroom in the West Tower,
of the Moray Firth and the mountains beyond are priceless and the castle,
like Brigadoon, should enchant our visitors and draw them back again and
again to Scotland.
If our efforts in bringing Castle Stuart back to life give half as much pleasure to others as we have had in the work, we will be well rewarded. We have indeed been privileged to play a part in the castle's rebirth and to enjoy the many, many friends that it has made for Scotland."
