Scotland's Brodie Castle Tartan Christmas Gift Ceramic Ornament

Brodie Castle in Morayshire, Scotland, is the ancient home of the Scottish Clan of the same name, which has such ancient beginnings no one knows when it began. The family spent generations and centuries here. Perhaps the people of the clan are related to Pictish kings. Or perhaps they are Gaelic or even Norman. The current Brodie Castle is a lime-harled Z plan tower house with ornate corbelled battlements and bartizans. Because of the hazy past, the meaning of the clan name is also mysterious and unknown as it has been spelled numerous ways over the many centuries: Brochy, Brothy, Brothie, Brothu, Brode. Like so many great mysteries, there is said to be a curse against the clan chiefs, and MacBeth met the three witches on a Brodie heath. Ownership was passed to the National Trust for Scotland in 1978. Brodie Castle is open to the public certain times of the year. This image is under copyright by Robert Cutts with a Creative Commons 2.0 copyright, seen here https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The photo has been modified for contrast, colour, size, resolution, and the addition of text. The Brodie family tartan is under Crown copyright and is used courtesy of the The Scottish Register of Tartans.