Second World War graffiti discovered

Graffiti dating back to the Second World War, including a crude drawing of Hitler, has been uncovered inside a Scottish castle for the first time.

The extraordinary find includes the names of people who may have worked at the castle carved into the wood and even a caricature of Adolf Hitler.

The etchings and doodles were discovered inside the shaft of the dumb waiter at Fyvie Castle near Turriff, Aberdeenshire, during a clean of the downstairs area.

The castle’s head guide, Andrew Collins noticed some graffiti carved into one of the panels in the shaft.

“This turned out to be names and initials and what seems to be a crude likeness of Adolf Hitler,” Mr Collins said. Fyvie was used as a hospital in the Second World War.