Earl of Dalhousie, managed by Historic Environment Scotland
Controlled by
Lindsays of Edzell
Open to the public
Yes
Condition
Ruined
Site history
Built
c. 1520 – 1610
Built by
David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford
In use
Until 1715
Materials
Old Red Sandstone
Edzell Castle is a ruined 16th-century castle, with an early-17th-century walled garden. It is located close to Edzell, and is around 5 miles (8 km) north of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. Edzell Castle was begun around 1520 by David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford, and expanded by his son, Sir David Lindsay, Lord Edzell, who also laid out the garden in 1604. The castle saw little military action, and was, in its design, construction and use, more of a country house than a defensive structure.[1] It was briefly occupied by English troops during Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Scotland in 1651. In 1715 it was sold by the Lindsay family, and eventually came into the ownership of the Earl of Dalhousie. It was given into state care in the 1930s, and is now a visitor attraction run by Historic Environment Scotland (open all year; entrance charge). The castle consists of the original tower house and building ranges around a courtyard. The adjacent Renaissance walled garden, incorporating intricate relief carvings, is unique in Scotland.[2] It was replanted in the 1930s, and is considered to have links to esoteric traditions, including Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.
EdzellCastle is a ruined 16th-century castle, with an early-17th-century walled garden. It is located close to Edzell, and is around 5 miles (8 km) north...
been abandoned. Edzell's population in 2004 was 780. The original village of Edzell was located around the walls of the first EdzellCastle, a motte and...
Trengwainton Garden in England; Bodysgallen Hall (Wales); EdzellCastle, Muchalls Castle and Myres Castle (Scotland). The walled kitchen garden at Croome Court...
EdzellCastle was the original castle of the Chief of Clan Lindsay which they acquired in 1357 and retained ownership until 1715. Crawford Castle, to...
Fife The State of South Carolina on the wall of EdzellCastle, and spelled out by the shrubs in the castle's walled garden on medallions marking the Barbary...
and the tomb of John Hotham. They were also depicted in the garden at EdzellCastle. Allegories of the virtues Prudence by Gaetano Fusali, on the façade...
in Scotland. Cruickshank Botanic Garden Duthie Park winter gardens EdzellCastle Pitmuies Achamore Gardens on Gigha An Cala on Seil Ardkinglas Estate...
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Sutherland's castle at Dunrobin was surrounded by orchards, herbs and flowers. The best surviving garden from the early seventeenth century is that at Edzell Castle...
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Sutherland's castle at Dunrobin was surrounded by orchards, herbs and flowers. The best surviving garden from the early seventeenth century is that at Edzell Castle...
also survived in work such as the carved stone panels in the garden of EdzellCastle (c. 1600), where there are depictions of seven Cardinal Virtues, the...
Master of Metals, to work for Sir David Lindsay of EdzellCastle. Fechtenburg said that Edzell's samples of ores were more promising than an assay made...
Company were: EdzellCastle Belhelvie Kirk, part of the estate of James Maule, 4th Earl of Panmure Callendar House, Falkirk Widdrington Castle estate of William...
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gave the building its current form". Edzell and Invermark and the family businesses – including Brechin Castle Garden Centre and Peggy Scott’s – were...
also survived in work like the carved stone panels in the garden of EdzellCastle (c. 1600), the now lost carving done for Edinburgh and Glasgow universities...
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And she took a group of 50 attendees to a personal-guided tour of EdzellCastle. Craigie was retained as branch president in 1938, as well as co-convening...
and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings...
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