October 8th Photograph Kinfauns Castle Scotland

October 8th photograph of Kinfauns Castle which stands high on a slope overlooking the River Tay, near Perth, Scotland. This Scottish castle was designed by Robert Smirke and built between 1822 and 1826 by Lord Gray on the site of a medieval stronghold.

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