Then and now: Five vanishing castles of Scotland
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For hundreds of years they symbolised wealth and power but fading fortunes, changed times - and sometimes bad marriages and even a lightning bolt - have left the residences mere crumbling relics of a lost age.
Here we look at five Scottish castles now shadows of their past - and the race against time they often face to secure their future.
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