Where is Aberuchill Castle?

Aberuchill Castle is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.3661°, -4.0333°.

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Aberuchill Castle

Aberuchill Castle in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Aberuchill Castle is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Aberuchill Castle is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of Comrie in Perthshire, Scotland. It comprises an early 17th-century tower house, which was extended and remodelled in the 19th century. The house, excluding the later west wing, is protected as a category A listed building, while the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.

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Background

History

In 1596 the lands of Aberuchill were granted to the Campbell family of Lawers. Aberuchill was 'burned down' in a suffragette attack on 4 February 1914, and the castle's servants were fortunate to escape. Aberuchill Castle was inherited by William Mostyn-Owen on the death of his father in 1947, and he was living there in "23 rooms or so" of one wing with his wife, the Italian writer Gaia Servadio, in 1968, but eventually sold it. The estate was sold by the Dewhursts in the 1980s,

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