Old travel Blog photograph of the sunken gardens in Forres, Moray, Scotland. The designed landscape at Grant Park was developed in the early nineteenth century around two houses, Cluny Hill House and Forres House, the home first of the Tulloch family and later the Cummings of Altyre. In 1922, Forres House and gardens were put up for sale and were purchased by Forres Town Council for £5,000. Sir Alexander Grant gifted money for the purchase, together with a further £1,000 for the laying out of a public park in 1924. In 1971, Forres House burned down and the remains were demolished. The site of the house is commemorated by a sunken garden designed by Alistair Sinclair. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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