Painted ceiling at Huntingtower Castle
The painted ceiling dates from c 1540 and there is painted plasterwork in the same room from a similar date.
Originally known as the House or Place of Ruthven. This is two C15th -C16th towers linked by a later C17th middle.
Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley stayed here in 1565 during the Chaseabout Raid. In 1582 it was the site of the Raid of Ruthven. In 1600 the estate passed to the Crown after the 3rd Earl of Gowrie was killed in the Gowrie Conspiracy. At this stage it was renamed Huntingtower. In 1643 it became the property of William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysar who sold it to the 2nd Earl of Tullibardine in 1663 and thereafter to the Duke of Atholl. It came under Historic Environment Scotland in 1912.
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/hunting...
Painted ceiling at Huntingtower Castle
The painted ceiling dates from c 1540 and there is painted plasterwork in the same room from a similar date.
Originally known as the House or Place of Ruthven. This is two C15th -C16th towers linked by a later C17th middle.
Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley stayed here in 1565 during the Chaseabout Raid. In 1582 it was the site of the Raid of Ruthven. In 1600 the estate passed to the Crown after the 3rd Earl of Gowrie was killed in the Gowrie Conspiracy. At this stage it was renamed Huntingtower. In 1643 it became the property of William Murray, 1st Earl of Dysar who sold it to the 2nd Earl of Tullibardine in 1663 and thereafter to the Duke of Atholl. It came under Historic Environment Scotland in 1912.
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/hunting...