Wee Guides to Scotland
Balhousie Castle near Perth
Goblinshead
 130 Inveresk Rd
Musselburgh
EH21 7AY
SCOTLAND
How to ORDER the
Wee Guides		 Main index to
CASTLES & MANSIONS		 Main index to
CHURCHES & ABBEYS
Balhousie Castle, a large castellated mansion of 1860 designed by David Smart, incorporates a 16th-century L-plan tower house. It was held by the Eviot family until 1478, when it was sold to the Mercers, and passed in 1625 to the Hay Earls of Kinnoul. It was taken over by the army after World War II, and in 1962 became the regimental headquarters and museum of the Black Watch. The museum features pictures, medals, uniforms and other military mementoes, telling the story of the Black Watch from its founding in 1739 to the present day.
Directions: Off A912, North Inch, Perth.
Ownership: Pri/LA 01738 621281 Ord. Survey Map Ref: NO 115244 58
Open: May to September Monday to Saturday; October to April Monday to Friday (closed Christmas and New Year); closed last Saturday of June.
Key: P S Click Here for explanation of Key and other abbreviations

 Fax: +44 (0) 131 653 6566 Tel: +44 (0) 131 665 2894
email:goblinshead@sol.co.uk

Text copyright of Goblinshead
Coding and layout copyright Scotland 2000