Tuesday, 6 March 2012

13th century castle in the centre of Dundee


Dudhope Castle is settled on Dundee Law in Dundee, Scotland. The mansion was originally a small tower house built in the advanced 13th century by the Scrymageour phratry.



The new structure was replaced around 1460 and then promote lengthened in 1580 to its current L-plan artifact. The Scrymageour clan oversubscribed the residence in 1668 to Gospels Choreographer of Claverhouse (the people assemblage Evangelist Evangelist died in combat directive the Jacobites to success at Killiecrankie). In 1792 the castle was rented out for use as a textile works.
The castle was old as a barracks between 1796 and 1881, and presently thereafter was purchased by Dundee Town Council, who prefab the land a public lot. The residence has been misused for various social and territory purposes, most recently being refurbished to turn the Dundee Business School of the Lincoln of Abertay.

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