Taymouth Castle: Main Lodge and Gates
Date 7 September 2009
Event ID 913253
Category Management
Type Site Management
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/913253
Tudor main arch-flanked by square and circular towers: octagonal lodge with circular stair tower: stugged ashlar. 1570 date panel and armorial panels of 16th 17th cent date ex-demolition of Balloch incorporated. One of the spectacular and complete group of structures making up the Taymouth Castle estate. (Historic Scotland)
The castle and its contents were sold in 1922 and it became a hotel. The site operated as a Polish hospital during the war and was later leased to a civil defence school.
