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In 1797, Alexander Leith-Hay, no doubt using the new found wealth from his Rannes inheritance, began...

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The Leiths produced many eminent soldiers. One, General Alexander Leith, 5th of Leith Hall, raised...

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An interesting carved stone, set in the wall of one of the towers flanking the east porch. ...

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This view of Leith Hall is from the north-east and shows the old north range on the right and...

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Internally, the basement of the old North Wing is vaulted, and would have contained the original...

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The original fortified-house built by the Leiths (which is believed to have replaced an earlier...

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Leith Hall looks so symmetrical and homogeneous, that one would be excused for thinking that it was...

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This is Leith Hall, a building probably more reminiscent of a French château (from where...

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The second or upper vaulted floor of Inverquharity Castle, contains the Hall - which is a handsome...

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Inverquharity Castle is unusual in having two vaulted floors, one above the other. MacGibbon &...

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This late 19th century drawing by MacGibbon & Ross, like the preceding old photograph, shows the...

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The answer to the mystery, as this old postcard shows, is that the present east wing is not...

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Inverquharity Castle is an L-plan building, with a substantial main block orientated northish...

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As you approach Inverquharity Castle and the building comes fully into view, it immediately becomes...

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As you drive around the maze of tree-lined Angus lanes, a few miles north of Kirriemuir, on the...

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I have got to the 10th and last photograph of Eden castle, without discussing the history of the...

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The south face of Eden Castle, with slightly larger windows than the other surviving sides. The...

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The much butchered doorway of Eden Castle, below the fairly crude stair-turret corbelling. The...

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