Ashintully Castle
Ashintully Castle is a country house near Kirkmichael , north of Blairgowrie in the Scottish county of Perthshire (today: Perth and Kinross County ). In the beginning it was a fortified residential tower , which the Clan Spalding , the feudal lords of Ashintully, had built in 1583. The Barons Spalding were the clan chiefs of Clan Spalding and supporters of the Duke of Atholl , chief of Clan Murray . The Ashintully Spaldings and their branch lines were Jacobites and supported the House of Stuart .
Today's country house can be reached via the B950 road northeast of Kirkmichael. Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category B Historic Building.
The name "Ashintully" is an Anglicist corruption of the Scottish Gaelic "Eas an Tuleich", which means "cascade of the little hill" in German.
Web links and sources
- Neal McBurnett: The Spaldings of Ashintully, Perthshire, Scotland . Bcn.Boulder.co.us.
- Phantom Dinker and Hunchback . Visit Ashintully Castle.
- Ashintully Castle, United Kingdom . Satellite image.
- The Spaldings of Ashintully, Perthshire, Scotland . Bcn.Boulder.co.us.
- Spalding - Armigerous Clan - Clan History ( Memento from March 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 56 ° 44 ′ 4.7 " N , 3 ° 28 ′ 21.8" W.