A MAJOR conservation project is about to get under way to protect and future-proof the famous pink exterior of Craigievar Castle in Aberdeenshire against damage from rain and wider climate change.
It follows a painstaking three-month build of scaffolding which, when laid end to end, stretches three times the length of Edinburgh’s Princes Street or Aberdeen’s Union Street.
The iconic pink building – which is said to have inspired Walt Disney’s Cinderella Castle – will also be donning a free-standing seven-storey pink protective mesh for the coming months. This will provide protection while restoration of the pink harling is carried out.
