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Alir147
07-04-2009, 08:05 PM
This place has always been a bit of a mystery. There's not a great deal of information on the web, and no one knows for certain how long it's been abandoned. The general consensus is that the house has been empty for nearly 70 years.

whilst up yesterday, i got speaking to a local who was walking nearby. he too, didn't know a great deal, although did say that the house was abandoned soon after world war 1, after the husband of the lady who owned it, never returned from war. She apparantely cleared the whole estate and left - the last time this estate was to be occupied.

on the estate, there;s the home farm, mansion itself, bridges, gatehouses, gardeners cottage, walled garden and doocot.

the house has an older section which was demolished soon after abandonment i think, and is now just a ruin. I only have photos of the 'intact' part here.

entrance gatehouse
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09002.jpg

gates
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09003.jpg

one time driveway to the house
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09007.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09014.jpg

entrance archway
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09017.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09039.jpg

detail in one of the main reception rooms
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09032.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09050.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09036.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09046.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09035.jpg

wrecked staircase. Only one man has braved this and he can be found going about here! :p (eh lost? ;) )
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09072.jpg

in a possible library?
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09075.jpg

check the size of those slabs of rock on the second storey. this is in the old part
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09058.jpg

front door
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b44/Ali_169/Haddo%20Inverkeithny/Haddomarch09081.jpg