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Craigcrook Castle
Unknown, 1880, Photograph
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Craigcrook Castle
Craigcrook Castle
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12890
Title
Craigcrook Castle
Description
Craigcrook Castle stands covered in ivy within gardens near Blackhall, Edinburgh. The castle has turrets, crow stepped gables and a set of stone stairs lead up to the studded entrance door.
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Unknown
Date
1880
Size
13.9 x 19 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The accompanying descriptive text in the volume begins as follows:
'This mansion is a baronial structure of considerable antiquity, and was probably built early in the sixteenth century. It is situated in a hollow at the foot of Corstorphine Hill, which here makes a turn or crook to the eastward, whence the name is derived. With the wood-covered hill behind, it has a very striking appearance. The policy extends to forty acres, and from the rising ground behind the house the view of Edinburgh is almost unequalled.'
The full text may be viewed from the volume which is held at the Scottish Library, Central Library, Edinburgh.
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