General view.

Description General view.

Date 20/9/1884

Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 742967

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of PT 5973

Scope and Content Grandtully Castle, Perth & Kinross, from the south-east Grandtully Castle is a spectacular tower-house which stands amid beautiful countryside on the south bank of the River Tay near Aberfeldy. Originally built c.1400 as a square keep, the castle was rebuilt and extended in the late 16th century, and altered in 1626 to suit the requirements of the time. Erskine Beveridge, the Victorian photographer, photographed the house c.1890. The castle, built of warm-coloured local rubble, is constructed on a Z-plan with a square main block, and square towers projecting at the north-east and south-west (left) corners. The walls have gun-loops, narrow openings for fire-arms, including one in an unusual position halfway up the south-west tower. The crowstepped gables and corbelled-out angle-turret with its conical slated roof (right) are a result of the early 17th-century alterations. A two-bayed chapel block (right) was added to the north-east tower in the 19th century. Occupying an important strategic position, the castle was successively used as headquarters by various military commanders, including the Duke of Montrose, General Mackay, Duke of Argyll and Prince Charles Edward Stewart. It is said that during General Mackay's occupation after his government troops were defeated at the Battle of Killiecrankie, one of his soldiers had a dispute with an officer and shot him dead in one of the angle-turrets, and that the blood which stained the floor is permanently visible. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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