Where is Lanrick Castle?

Lanrick Castle is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.2007°, -4.1228°.

Castles · Scottish Highlands

Lanrick Castle

Lanrick Castle in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h

Lanrick 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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Lanrick Castle was a late 18th-century country house near Doune in central Scotland. It was demolished in 2002 despite being protected as a category B listed building. It was located on the south bank of the River Teith, in Stirling council area.

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History

Once spelt Lanarkyngs, this name is taken as coming by metathesis from the old Brittonic word llanerch which meant "a clearing in a forest". Lanrick was the property of the Haldane family. In the 19th century it belonged to the MacGregors, and was owned in the later 19th century by Robert Jardine of Castlemilk, MP. The house was probably built around 1790, and Gothic additions in the style of James Gillespie Graham were made in around 1815. Further alterations were made in the later 19th century, and parts of the building underwent internal remodelling in 1900. Alistair Dickson inherited Lanrick in 1984. In April 1994 the castle was gutted by fire and lost its roof. On 16 February 2002 the…

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