Where is Elphinstone Tower?

Elphinstone Tower is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.0802°, -3.7848°.

Historic houses · Scottish Highlands

Elphinstone Tower

Elphinstone Tower in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Elphinstone Tower 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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From the Wikipedia article

Elphinstone Tower, also known as Dunmore Tower or Airth Tower, is a ruined tower house on the Dunmore Estate in central Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north-west of Airth and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Stirling in the Falkirk council area. The 16th-century ruin is protected as a category C(S) listed building.

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Background

History

The tower dates to the early 16th century, when it was built by Sir John Elphinstone as the seat of the barony of Elphinstone. Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone added a gallery and a new hall before his death in 1638. The Elphinstone Estate was purchased for £16,000 by John Murray, son of the 3rd Earl of Dunmore, in 1754. In the 1820s the 5th Earl commissioned the building of Dunmore Park as the principal residence on the estate. The additions to the tower were demolished to allow construction of St Andrew's Episcopal Church, a private chapel completed around 1850.<ref name=church>{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=139689 |num2=NS88NE 66 |desc

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