Tour Scotland Photograph of Stable Yard

Tour Scotland photograph of a stable yard at Megginch Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. King Robert the Bruce appointed Sir Gilbert Hay of Erroll as Lord High Constable of Scotland in 1324 and a branch of that family, the Hays of Leys, was established at Megginch Castle in the Carse of Gowrie, just off the main road between Perth and Dundee. By 1452, the family had been raised to the titles of the Earls of Erroll.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Rhododendrons Megginch Castle

Tour Scotland photograph of rhododendrons in the garden at Megginch Castle in Perthshire, Scotland. Megginch Castle is a 15th century castle in Perthshire. It was the family home of the late Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange. The gardens of Megginch are sometimes open to the public. Splendid array of daffodils and rhododendrons.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Pagoda Doocot

Tour Scotland photograph of Pagoda Doocot at Megginch Castle in Southern Perthshire, Scotland. A Doocot is a building intended to house pigeons or doves, which were an important food source in Scottish history. Megginch Castle was used as a location in the 1994 film Rob Roy. To the north west of the house is an unusual octagonal doocot in its courtyard, which features open Gothic arches below and a bellcast roof which is almost oriental in style.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Ring Ouzel On A Highland Cow

Tour Scotland photograph of a bird sunbathing on a Highland Cow in Southern Perthshire, Scotland. The bird is a Ring Ouzel, Turdus torquatus, a European member of the thrush family Turdidae. Slightly smaller and slimmer than a blackbird, male ring ouzels are particularly distinctive with their black plumage with a pale wing panel and striking white breast band. The ring ouzel is primarily a bird of the uplands, where it breeds mainly in steep sided valleys, crags and gullies, from near sea level in the far north of Scotland up to high in the mountains of the Cairngorms.



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Tour Scotland Photograph of Topiary Megginch Castle Southern Perthshire

Tour Scotland photograph of Topiary by Megginch Castle in Southern Perthshire, Scotland. Megginch Castle is a 15th century castle in Perthshire. It was the family home of the late Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange. The gardens of Megginch are sometimes open to the public.



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