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Tullibole Castle
Tullibole Castle is a 17th-century Scottish castle at Crook of Devon in Perth and Kinross, begun as an earlier tower house and extended in 1608. It remains a standing, listed building and is used today for events and accommodation.
First raised
1600
Its prime
1608
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1608
What Tullibole Castle looked like in its prime.
A compact, three-storey harled stone tower-house with a slightly projecting entrance/stair wing on the front left, tall plain rectangular chimneys rising above a pitched slate roof, and small vertically aligned windows. The walls are smooth-plastered (harled) in pale grey, with simple stone surrounds to the openings. Set in open parkland with a gravel drive, scattered mature trees and informal lawns, rooflines and chimneys intact at the castle's prime.
Its story
The story of Tullibole Castle.
Tullibole Castle, at Crook of Devon in Perth and Kinross, began as a 16th-century tower house. John Halliday bought the land from the Herring family in 1589 and expanded the castle in 1608. Extended again in the 18th century, it passed by marriage to the Moncreiff family around 1740, who own it still. It was designated a Category A listed building in 1971.
The castle carries a dark memory: the Crook of Devon witch trials of 1662, in which members of the Moncreiff family sent eleven people to their deaths as suspected witches, are commemorated here.
Step inside
5 places to explore in 1608.
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Clans who held Tullibole Castle.
The families that held Tullibole Castle for a decade or more across its history, follow a name to its clan.
Halliday
John Halliday bought the land in 1589 from the Herring family and expanded the castle in 1608.
Herring
The Herring family held the land until selling it to John Halliday in 1589.
Moncreiff
Passed by marriage to the Moncreiff family around 1740; they own the castle still.
From the archive
Tullibole Castle on paper: the measured plan and period views.
The survey plan and photographs below are the ground truth this page's reconstructions are checked against, drawn and photographed while the castle was still a working garrison. Every image is public-domain or openly licensed, with its source named.
Fig. 695. — Tullibole Castle. Entrance Doorway, with Ornamental Panel above.
1892 · MacGibbon & Ross, vol. 4 (1892)
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