Plans are afoot for a whisky and gin distillery to be built at Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland, the beautiful seat of the Earls of Sutherland.

Haddo House is gearing up for the fifth Haddo Arts Festival, a week long celebration of music, opera, comedy, literature and art.

9,000 spectators flocked to the 149th Aboyne Highland Games this summer, held, as is traditional, on the first Saturday in August.

A lost masterpiece by the 19th century French artist Paul Delaroche has been uncovered at Castle of Park, the former seat of the Gordons and Gordon-Duffs of Park, in Banffshire.

Work has begun on restoration of the tower at Gordon Castle, for centuries the seat of the chiefs of the Gordon family as Dukes of Gordon.

Ellon Castle Gardens Trust is seeking a new board member to help direct the restoration of the ancient walled garden.

Burglars targeting Goodwood House have made off with £700,000 worth of jewellery, including a ring given to a mistress of Charles II and an 1820 diamond tiara.