December 6th photograph of
Balvaird Castle,
Perthshire,
Scotland. This Scottish Castle is a particularly fine and complete example of a traditional late medieval Scottish tower house, built around the year 1500 for Sir Andrew Murray, a younger son of the family of Murray of Tullibardine. He acquired the lands of Balvaird in Perthshire through marriage to the heiress Margaret Barclay, a member of a wealthy family. It is likely that Balvaird Castle was built on the site of an earlier Barclay family castle.
December 6th photograph of
Balvaird Castle,
Perthshire,
Scotland.
December 6th photograph of
Balvaird Castle,
Perthshire,
Scotland.
December 6th photograph of
Balvaird Castle,
Perthshire,
Scotland.
All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.
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