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Castles in Perthshire
The county of Perthshire sits in the heart of Scotland, just one hour from both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Perthshire is home to the city of Perth, the former Scottish capital, as well as 2,000 square miles of
rolling rural countryside, Scottish glens, mountainous highland areas, and with its tiny villages and
calming lakes and lochs, this is the perfect backdrop to explore the many castles sprinkled throughout
Perthshire. Lochleven Castle © Jonathan Oldenbuck Kinross is a small town on the west side of Loch Leven, but it is just steps from where the annual and
increasingly record-breaking T in the Park music festival is held, at Balado Airfield. If your interests are
more historical than history-making, there are two major castle ruin sites not to be missed. Lochleven Castle is a ruined castle built in 1300, and is the place where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisioned
and subsequently escaped from. The remains of Burleigh Castle lie in Milnathort, just 1.5 miles north
of Kinross. Blair Castle © Guillaume Piolle Kenmore is a small village where Loch Tay empties into the River Tay, and where Taymouth Castle,
and formerly Balloch Castle, stands. The original Balloch Castle was built in the 1500s. Taymouth
Castle that stands there now is an extravagant Gothic mansion. 7 miles from Taymouth Castle is Castle
Menzies, the ancestral seat of the Clan Menzies, who held this strategically placed and beautifully
designed castle. 20 miles from Kenmore, Finlarig Castle is a 17th Century castle ruin built by Duncan
Campbell, of the Campbells of Breadalbane. Meggernie Castle is also rumoured to have been built by
the Campbells, located halfway up Glen Lyon where the River Lyon flows through to join Loch Tay, just
19 miles from Kenmore. |
Perthshire castlesAshintully CastleBalhousie Castle Balloch Castle Balvaird Castle Blair Castle Burleigh Castle Drummond Castle Elcho Castle Fingask Castle Finlarig Castle Huntingtower Castle Castle Huntly Kincardine Castle Kinfauns Castle Lochleven Castle Meggernie Castle Methven Castle Scone Palace Taymouth Castle |
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