Old Photographs Milton Tower Keith Scotland

Old photograph of Milton Tower in Keith, Moray, Scotland. This Scottish tower, part of Milton Keith Castle, was built by George Ogilvie around 1480. It was repaired in 1601 and destroyed in 1829. It was the home of Royalist Ogilvie family for 200 years. John Ogilvie of Miltoun was slain at Battle of Alford 1645. Blessed John Ogilvie, Jesuit priest was martyred at Glasgow Cross in 1615. The castle then passed by marriage to Jacobite Oliphant family in 1707. The blessed John Ogilvie was canonised in 1976 by Pope Paul VI in Rome, Italy.




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