Hunting Tower [Huntingtower Castle] near Perth

Category

Library Item

Item no

15108

Title

Ruthven Castle or Hunting Tower [Huntingtower Castle] near Perth

Description

People stand outside small cottages with smoke billowing from the chimneys, which stand next to a large tower-castle. A man stands at the base of the castle's stone staircase.

Artist / maker

Skene, James

Date

1831

Size

13 x 25 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Full title reads 'Ruthven Castle or Hunting Tower near Perth scene of the Raid of Ruthven 1600, 19th July 1831. Inner [?] face to the north'.
The earliest parts of the castle date to the 15th century, when the castle was known Ruthven House and was owned by the Clan Ruthven family. In 1600, when two Ruthven brothers were implemented in a plot to kill the King, all their lands were seized and the name of the castle was changed to Huntingtower and passed into the hands of the Dukes of Atholl until 1767, when it was abandoned.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Chimneys

Homes > Derelict buildings and excavation sites > Ruins

Homes > Residential buildings > Castles and palaces

Homes > Residential buildings > Cottages

People > Adults > Men

People > Adults > Women

Places > Scotland > Perthshire

Places > United Kingdom > Scotland