 Robert Cochrane (later to become an Earl of Mar (1458–79) constructed most of what is still standing of Auchindoun Castle.It was passed to the Clan Ogilvy in 1489 and from them to the Clan Gordon in 1535.In 1456 Robert Cochrane of Cochrane resigned the lands of Cochrane to his successor Allen Cochrane who received a charter from King James II of Scotland.