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Dupplin Castle
Dupplin Castle was a country house and former castle on an estate in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, overlooking Strath Earn. The medieval tower survived several rebuildings; the house was rebuilt as a 19th-century country house by William Burn (1828–32) and was demolished in 1967, with a new house erected on the foundations in 1970.
Its prime
1832
Today
Demolished
As it stood in 1832
What Dupplin Castle looked like in its prime.
At its prime (1832) Dupplin presented as a substantial early 19th-century stone country house set within wooded parkland above a valley. A surviving, older stone tower remained attached to the house; the main block comprised connected wings with pitched roofs and multiple chimneys. Approaches were formal: a tree‑lined gravel drive passed between squared stone gate piers capped with urns and a low balustraded garden wall, leading to a forecourt before the front elevation.
Its story
The story of Dupplin Castle.
The Oliphants of Dupplin, Sir William to the 5th Lord
Dupplin lies in Perth and Kinross, west of Aberdalgie and north-east of Forteviot and Dunning, on ground overlooking Strath Earn. Its earliest known owner was Sir William Oliphant in the late 13th century. The Battle of Dupplin Moor was fought in the vicinity in 1332 and won by Edward Baliol. The castle was destroyed in 1461 and rebuilt.
The Oliphants held Dupplin until 1623, when it was sold by the 5th Lord Oliphant, whose further titles of Lord Aberdalgie and Lord Dupplin appear in a diploma registered under the Great Seal on 10 March 1640.
The Hays of Kinnoull: Rebuilt in 1688, Relandscaped in 1729
Dupplin passed to the Hay family after it was granted to the 1st Earl of Kinnoull, Lord Chancellor to Charles I. It was rebuilt again in 1688, retaining its earlier tower and some remnants of the older castle. In 1729 the estate was relandscaped, work that included infilling a deep precipice between two hills.
Fire, William Burn and Demolition, 1827-1970
A fire gutted the castle in 1827, prompting a full rebuilding and restoration. The architect William Burn rebuilt it as a country house between 1828 and 1832 at a cost of roughly £30,000.
In 1911 the estate was bought by the whisky baron Sir John Dewar, ennobled five years later as Lord Forteviot of Dupplin. A fire broke out in the interior, recorded as 18 July 1934. The house was demolished between August and October 1967, and a new house was built on its foundations in 1970.
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Clans who held Dupplin Castle.
The families that held Dupplin Castle for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
Oliphant
Held for some four hundred years from Sir William Oliphant in the late 13th century until sold by the 5th Lord Oliphant in 1623.
Fell to the Hay family after the grant to Charles I's Lord Chancellor, the 1st Earl of Kinnoull.
Dewar
Purchased in 1911 by Sir John Dewar, ennobled as Lord Forteviot of Dupplin five years later.
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