Mains Castle, Dundee
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Mains Castle, Dundee
Image: © Douglas Nelson Taken: 21 Apr 2015
Mains Castle was built around 1562 by Sir david Graham, a nephew of Cardinal Beaton The castle was the seat of the Grahams of Fintry and remained so until the 19th century. The estate was later sold to James Key Caird who gifted the castle and its lands to the town council as a site for a public park in 1913. An earlier castle was held by the Douglas Earls of Angus from the fourteenth century until 1530 when it passed to the Grahams. Mains Castle is currently used as a restaurant and wedding venue
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Image Location
Latitude
56.485399
Longitude
-2.958173