Craigievar Castle is an early 17th century stone tower house, founded by the Mortimer family. In the 1620s William Forbes a timber merchant, purchased the incomplete building and by 1626 he had completed the stepped L-plan tower house. Of seven harled storeys, the lower storeys are plain, while the elaborate upper storeys have a continuous band of corbelling and two storey angle turrets. The west wall of the barmkin remains and excavations have revealed the eastern and southern foundations of a 16th century barmkin wall. The re-roofing and repairing of the castle by John Smith of Aberdeen in 1826, included a new entrance door and the altering and raising towers. 16 miles east is Castle Fraser.