Elcho Castle
| Elcho Castle | ||
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 Front facade of Elcho Castle |
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| Creation time : | around 1560 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | well-preserved ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Roughly hewn and jointed masonry with corner stones | |
| Place: | Perth | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 22 '18.9 " N , 3 ° 21' 22.9" W | |
| Height: | 15 m ASL | |
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Elcho Castle is a ruined castle over the south bank of the Tay , about 6.5 km southeast of Perth in the Scottish administrative division of Perth and Kinross . It consists of a residential tower with a Z-shaped floor plan and fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers. The castle was built around 1560 to replace an older building and is now one of the best-preserved castles of its time in Scotland. A large part of the castle ruins is accessible, even if the ceilings have collapsed in some rooms. You can walk through most of the building and the battlements on the castle wall are accessible at two points.
The property still belongs to the builder's family, the Wemyss family ; heir to the title of Earl of Wemyss bears the courtesy title of Lord Elcho . The castle has not been inhabited for 200 years. Still, it has been preserved in good condition, one of the earliest examples in Scotland of maintaining a building solely for historical reasons. Elcho Castle is managed by Historic Scotland and is open to the public all summer. There is no entrance fee. The castle ruins are considered a Scheduled Monument .
An orchard with apple and pear trees next to the castle ruins has been replanted in recent years, and the beehive-shaped pigeon house ( Doo'cot ) from the 16th century is nearby. Historic Scotland has listed it as a Category A Historic Building. The sexton's house of the castle is considered a historical building of category B.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links and sources
- Elcho Castle - History . Historic Scotland. Retrieved July 6, 2017.