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Taymouth Castle, Dairy Byre
Byre (19th Century)
Site Name Taymouth Castle, Dairy Byre
Classification Byre (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Taymouth Castle Policies
Canmore ID 127602
Site Number NN74NE 14.12
NGR NN 78126 45651
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/127602
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kenmore (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN74NE 14.12 78126 45641
L-plan, chloritic schist ashlar, 3-aisle, 7-bay byre with timber roof on square-section cast-iron columns, some wooden trevises and ceramic water troughs. Accommodation and dairy range at W end with attic room and 2 wall-head chimney stacks. Slate roof with open eaves and wavy barge boards to gables. 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.
