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Dundas Castle is a 15th-century castle, with substantial 19th-century additions by William Burn, in the Dalmeny parish of West Lothian, Scotland.The home of the Dundas family since the Middle Ages, it was sold in the late 19th century and is currently the residence of politician and businessman Sir Jack Stewart-Clark.
Dunans Castle (/ ˈ d ʌ n ə n z /) [1] is an historic structure located in Glendaruel, on the Cowal peninsula, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The property is owned by Charles and Sadie Dixon-Spain. A property at Dounens was shown on maps in 1590; Dunans House was elaborated into its present mock castle form in 1864.
The twenty-eighth chief of Clan Dundas was Admiral Sir Charles Dundas of Dundas who was an Aide-de-camp to King George V and the principal naval transport officer during World War I. [3] His son, Adam Duncan Dundas of Dundas (1903–1951), succeeded as 29th Chief in 1924. He was commissioned into 71st (Forth) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal ...
It then passed to Henry Dundas through his marriage to the daughter of David Rannie, Elizabeth Rannie. [1] The Castle was owned by the Dundas family until after the Second World War, when the ninth Lord Melville moved to a smaller house on the estate and the castle was leased as an army rehabilitation centre and then later as a hotel. By the ...
Arniston House. Coordinates: 55°49′25.27″N 3°4′39.03″W. Arniston House. Arniston House is a historic house in Midlothian, Scotland, near the village of Temple. This Georgian mansion was designed by William Adam in 1726 for Robert Dundas, of Arniston, the elder, the Lord President of the Court of Session. The western third of the house ...
Nine castles of the Knuckle. The nine castles of the Knuckle are a group of ancient castles found in Aberdeenshire in the Buchan area of Scotland.The term was used by historian William Douglas Simpson, who described the promontory between the Moray Firth and the North Sea as "the north-eastern knuckle of Scotland". [1]
Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire. This is a list of castles in Scotland. A castle is a type of fortified structure built primarily during the Middle Ages. Scholars debate the scope of the word "castle", but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble.
17 May 1993. Reference no. SM90130 [ 3 ] Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence ...