Elcho Castle, Rhynd, Perth.
Elcho Castle provided accomodation for Lord Wemyss and his close family, their household of officials and servants - perhaps 20 to 30 people - and visiting guests.
The head of the family was made both Lord Elcho and Earl of Wemyss in 1633. The castle's fortunes took a turn for the worse after David, Lord Elcho, fought on the losing side at the Battle of Culloden. He survived, but fled to France. The family continued to own the Castle and estate, but in 1781 they moved their main focus to the Gosford Estate in East Lothian.
The ground floor shows most clearly the defensive design of the castle. There is only one door, set into the angle between the main body of the tower and the staircase tower, and approaches to it are covered by some of the 17 gunloops designed to provide all round protection for the castle. Windows are small and heavily barred, and much of the space is taken up by a kitchen complete with a hugely imposing fireplace and ovens, plus other vaulted storerooms and service areas.
The most important area of the castle is its first floor. This is reached by a curved stone stair set into the entrance tower: a staircase of a scale and grandeur that would put many much larger castles to shame. Much of the space on the first floor was given over to the castle's main hall where all public entertaining would have taken place. Beyond the hall, a doorway that links with the spiral service stairway leads to the castle's main bed chamber, and in a number of other rooms in the castle, it is still possible to see parts of the plaster applied to the inner surfaces of the walls.
Elcho Castle has two further upper floors. Only the second floor is now complete, though a number of the original floor beams that would have supported the third floor remain in place, giving a striking impression of how the castle would have functioned in earlier days. The floors are interestingly linked together by no fewer than three spiral staircases.
In front of the castle to the south lay a courtyard. It housed ancillary buildings, including stables and a brewhouse, and would have been the focus of much activity when the castle was in residential use.
At the back of the castle is an old stone quarry, used to provide the materials from which the castle was built. It was subsequently made into a 'wilderness garden', to complement the formal gardens on the sunnier side of the castle.
Elcho Castle Perth Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland Video of Elcho Castle in Perth, Perthshire .The building offers a viewpoint at roof level of the River Tay to the North with a courtyard enclosed by an outer wall to the south. The historic attraction is a remarkably complete 16th century fortified mansion.
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Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Elcho Castle, Perthshire, Scotland
Elcho Castle is located a short distance above the south bank of the River Tay approximately four miles south-east of Perth, Scotland. It consists of a Z-plan tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers. The Castle was built on the site of an older structure about 1560, and is one of the best surviving examples of its date in Scotland. A large portion of the Castle is accessible, although floors in some rooms have fallen, and much of the building can be walked through. The wall-walk is accessible at two points.
The property is still owned by the family of the original builders, the Wemyss family (the style of the heir to the Earl of Wemyss is Lord Elcho), though it has not been inhabited for some 200 years. It has nevertheless been kept in good repair - one of the earliest examples in Scotland of a building being preserved purely for its historical interest. It is managed by Historic Scotland and is open to visitors throughout the summer. There is an entrance charge.
An apple- and pear-tree orchard adjoining the Castle has been replanted in recent years, and a 16th century 'beehive' doo'cot (Scots for dovecot) survives nearby.
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Elcho Castle is not one of Scotland's best known or most visited castles, but it is one of the most enjoyable. If you want a castle that is sufficiently well preserved to give a real feel for the way its residents lived; that is large enough to give scope for exploration; that has a superb and fascinating setting; and that is only a few miles from one of Scotland's main motorways (and one of its cities, Perth), then Elcho Castle is the place for you.
Impressive and well preserved, both stronghold and comfortable residence, Elcho Castle is a 16th-century tower house, built in the plan of a Z with an extra tower at one corner. It consists of a long rectangular main block, with a square stair-tower projecting from one corner, and three other towers projecting on the opposite side. One of these is a round stair-tower, corbelled out to square at the top, while the other square towers contained apartments. The castle sits in a pleasant and peaceful spot by the banks of the Tay with an orchard, and there is an overgrown beehive doocot, dating from the 16th century.
Elcho Castle's origins are a little obscure, and it is possible that William Wallace sheltered in an earlier defensive structure on this site. Whether or not this is true, nothing remains of an earlier castle today.
Today's castle dates back to about 1570. The land had been granted by James III to the Wemyss family in 1468. The assumed date of the building of the castle comes from a bill from a local merchant for ironwork thought to be for the grilles on the windows.
The head of the family was made both Lord Elcho and Earl of Wemyss in 1633. The castle's fortunes took a turn for the worse after David, Lord Elcho, fought on the losing side at the Battle of Culloden. He survived, but fled to France. The family continued to own the castle and estate, but in 1781 they moved their main focus to the Gosford Estate in East Lothian.
For much of its life Elcho Castle was made up of the massive tower house you can see and enjoy today, plus an outer courtyard and ranges of buildings to the south. Only small remnants of the outer buildings survive.
In 1830 the 8th Earl of Wemyss re-roofed the tower house. At the same time he pulled down most of the buildings in the outer courtyard. Some of the material was recycled to build the strikingly attractive cottage that now helps give an impression of the way the castle used to look. The 11th Earl of Wemyss placed the castle in the care of the State in 1929, and today it is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland.
Morning Drive To Elcho Castle Rhynd Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland morning video of part of the drive to visit Elcho Castle in Perthshire. A Z-plan Scottish tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers. The Castle was built on the site of an older structure about 1560, and is one of the best surviving examples of its date in Scotland. The property is still owned by the family of the original builders, the Wemyss family, the style of the heir to the Earl of Wemyss is Lord Elcho, though it has not been inhabited for some 200 years.
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Touring Elcho castle in Perthshire Scotland, part:2 this video is 27 minutes, พาส่องปราสาทร้าง27นาที
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Elcho Castle is a wonderfully well-preserved 16th-century fortified house on the south bank of the River
Tay, just outside Perth. Unlike so many fortified houses of the period, Elcho remains complete and well-roofed. The interior features very attractive decorative plasterwork.
Imagine the comfortable life of the laird and lady of this fine house, their second home in the country. Built around 1560, the fortified mansion is one of Scotland’s best-preserved 16th-century tower houses.
Elcho Castle is located a short distance above the south bank of the River Tay approximately four miles south-east of Perth, Scotland. It consists of a Z-plan tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers. The Castle was built on the site of an older structure about 1560, and is one of the best surviving examples of its date in Scotland. A large portion of the Castle is accessible, although floors in some rooms have fallen, and much of the building can be walked through. The wall-walk is accessible at two points.
The property is still owned by the family of the original builders, the Wemyss family (the style of the heir to the Earl of Wemyss is Lord Elcho), though it has not been inhabited for some 200 years. It has nevertheless been kept in good repair.
By the 1780s Elcho Castle was abandoned, although it may have been used to house farm workers, and deteriorated. It was reroofed in 1830, and has been in the care of the State since 1929. Elcho is home to pippistrelle and brown long-eared bats.
An apple- and pear-tree orchard adjoining the castle has been replanted in recent years, and a 16th-century 'beehive' doo'cot (Scots for dovecote) survives nearby. The dovecote is a Category A listed building..one the best examples in Scotland of a building being preserved purely for its historical interest. It is managed by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument.
Road To Elcho Castle Perth Perthshire Scotland January 13th
Tour Scotland Video of the drive to Elcho Castle along Rhynd Road in Perth, Perthshire. The drive through country roads is only a stones throw from Perth town centre believe it or not. The drive takes you through a farm and past a Doocot and duck pond before you arrive at the car park to the Castle itself.
Visiting Elcho Castle, Abernethy Round Tower and the Great SPiS Adventure come to an end.
It is the last day of exploring Scotland. The SPiS crew takes us to the beautiful grounds of the Elcho Castle near Perth, then to a rare 11th Century Round Tower in the village of Abernethy and finally to a nice dinner at the Royal Arch Pub. Sadly, it is time to say farewell to our good friends until next year.
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Walk The Battlements Of Huntingtower Castle Perth Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland video of a walk along the battlements on ancestry visit to Huntingtower Castle, by Perth, Perthshire. This Scottish castle is said to be haunted by Lady Greensleeves, a young woman named Dorothea who was the daughter of the 1st Earl of Gowrie. The legend states that she was in love with a servant at the castle and that the two used to have clandestine meetings at night in the eastern tower, where the servants slept. One night the girl's mother, the Countess, is supposed to have discovered what was going on and made her way across the bridge from the family's quarters in the western tower to the eastern tower to catch the pair. Dorothea heard her mother's footsteps on the bridge and, unable to return to the other tower by that route, made her way to the roof. Here she made a leap from the tower to land safely on the battlements of the western tower and so return to bed where she was discovered by her mother. The following day the girl and her lover eloped and no records exist to tell us what happened to them.
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Elcho Castle /ˈɛl.xoʊ/) is located a short distance above the south bank of the River Tay approximately four miles south-east of Perth, Scotland. It consists of a Z-plan tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers. The Castle was built on the site of an older structure about 1560, and is one of the best surviving examples of its date in Scotland. A large portion of the Castle is accessible, although floors in some rooms have fallen, and much of the building can be walked through. The wall-walk is accessible at two points.
The property is still owned by the family of the original builders, the Wemyss family (the style of the heir to the Earl of Wemyss is Lord Elcho), though it has not been inhabited for some 200 years. It has nevertheless been kept in good repair - one of the earliest examples in Scotland of a building being preserved purely for its historical interest. It is managed by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument.
The castle is open to visitors throughout the summer. There is an entrance charge.
An apple- and pear-tree orchard adjoining the castle has been replanted in recent years, and a 16th-century 'beehive' doo'cot (Scots for dovecote) survives nearby. The dovecote is a Category A listedbuilding.
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Autumn Road Trip Drive To Elcho Castle Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, to Elcho Castle located on the South bank of the River Tay on ancestry visit to Rhynd not far from Perth, Perthshire. This Scottish castle was built in the latter half of the 16th century for the Wemyss family, whose descendants still own it, although it is now in the care of Historic Scotland. The surname Wemyss is derived from the Scottish Gaelic uaimh which means cave. It is believed to be taken from the caves of the Wemyss, Fife, by the Firth of Forth, where the Wemyss family made a home. Sir Michael Wemyss along with his brother, Sir David, and also Scott of Balwearie were sent to Norway to bring back the infant Queen Margaret, the Maid of Norway, in 1290. Sir Michael Wemyss swore fealty to Edward I of England in 1296 but then changed his allegiance to Robert the Bruce. In 1513 Chief Sir David de Wemyss was killed leading the Clan Wemyss at the Battle of Flodden. John Wemyss was knighted in 1618 and created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1625. David Wemyss, 4th Earl of Wemyss was nominated as one of the trustees for the Treaty of Union with England. In 1707 he became Vice Admiral of Scotland. During the Jacobite rising of 1745, David Wemyss, Lord Elcho, joined the Jacobite leader, Charles Edward Stuart in Edinburgh. Lord Elcho accompanied Stuart into England and was also present at the Battle of Culloden. The chiefship of the Clan Wemyss and the estates in Fife devolved upon the 5th earl's third son, James Wemyss, born 1726, died 1786, who was MP for Sutherland and married Lady Elizabeth Sutherland in 1757. James Wemyss's great grandson married Millicent, daughter of Lady Augusta Gordon, and illegitimate granddaughter of William IV of the United Kingdom. Their son, Michael Wemyss, married Lady Victoria Cavendish-Bentinck, last surviving god-daughter of Queen Victoria.
Ground Floor Eastern Tower Huntingtower Castle Perth Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland video of the ground floor of the Eastern tower on ancestry visit to Huntingtower Castle, Perth, Perthshire. When you enter this Scottish castle you can go in by the ground floor of the Eastern Tower or by steps from the courtyard into the first floor of the western Tower. Mary Queen of Scots came to honeymoon here in 1565 with her new husband, Lord Darnley. The castle is also said to be haunted by a green lady.
Elcho Castle Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland video of photographs of Elcho Castle on visit to Perthshire. This Scottish castle located by the River Tay was built in the latter half of the 16th century for the Wemyss family, whose descendants still own it, although it is now in the care of Historic Scotland.