Everything about Culcreuch Castle totally explained
Culcreuch Castle is a
Scottish castle close to the village of
Fintry, near
Loch Lomond. It has been the home of the Barons of Culcreuch since
1699, and is a popular tourist attraction.
History
Culcreuch Castle was built in
1296 by Maurice Galbraith. It was the clan seat of
Clan Galbraith from
1320 to
1624, when it was sold to a cousin, Alexander Seton of
Gargunnock, to settle a financial debt. In
1632, it was purchased by Robert Napier, a younger son of
John Napier, the 8th Laird of Merchiston. The
Napier family held the estate for five generations. The castle was used to garrison
Oliver Cromwell’s troops in
1654. In
1796, the castle was sold to Alexander Spiers of
Glasgow, who built a cotton mill and a distillery in
Fintry. It was sold in
1890 to J. C. Dunwaters, then again in
1901 to Walter Menzies. It passed into the hands of Hercules Robinson in the 1970s, the last of that line of the Menzies family. It was sold in
1984 to Arthur Haslam, who operates the castle as a hotel.
Design
Culcreuch is a rectangular
tower house, with three stories and an attic, topped by a
parapet and slate roof. The north and east extensions to the original tower were built after
1721 by the Napiers, and match the original tower.
Ghost
Culcreuch Castle is reputedly haunted by a number of ghosts, including a phantom
harpist.
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