Corgarff Castle Corgarff Castle stands guard at the foot of the Lecht mountain pass. Its last military use was as a base to control the smuggling of illicit whisky in the early 19th century.
Visitors can see the reconstructed whisky still and barrack room.
The castle was built about 1530 by the Elphinstones, and leased to the Forbes family. It was torched in 1571 by Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, killing Margaret Campbell, wife of Forbes of Towie, and 26 others of her household. In 1748 the government bought Corgarff, remodelled the tower, and used it as a barracks after the Jacobite Risings. It was later used as a base to help stop illicit whisky distilling, but was abandoned in 1831, and placed into the care of the State in 1961.