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Taymouth Castle, Dairy

Dairy (19th Century)

Site Name Taymouth Castle, Dairy

Classification Dairy (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Taymouth Castle Policies

Canmore ID 24953

Site Number NN74NE 14.03

NGR NN 77978 45915

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Kenmore (Perth And Kinross)
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Archaeology Notes

NN74NE 67 77978 45915

NN 7795 4590. Taymouth Dairy, built shortly before 1838.

HBD List

An unoccupied building of undressed quartz.

Visited by OS (BS) 29 November 1978.

Site Management (8 December 2008)

Rustic - Italianate, of white quartz. Single-storey with central tower, log-column porticos, semi-circular bowed feature on E. 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.

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