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Erchless Castle is an L-plan castle in northern Scotland, near Struy, Highland. The castle is located at the foot of Strathglass by the River Glass and River Farrar. Built in the 13th century by the Bissetts, it became into the hands of the Chisholms the 15th century, via the marriage of Alexander de Chisholme to Margaret, Lady of Erchless, and became their ancestral home. It was remodelled in the early 17th century as an L-plan tower house and underwent further alterations in the 19th century with the addition of a Baronial-style wing in 1895. It is protected as a category B listed building.

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  • Erchless Castle is an L-plan castle in northern Scotland, near Struy, Highland. The castle is located at the foot of Strathglass by the River Glass and River Farrar. Built in the 13th century by the Bissetts, it became into the hands of the Chisholms the 15th century, via the marriage of Alexander de Chisholme to Margaret, Lady of Erchless, and became their ancestral home. It was remodelled in the early 17th century as an L-plan tower house and underwent further alterations in the 19th century with the addition of a Baronial-style wing in 1895. It is protected as a category B listed building.
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  • Location of Erchless Castle
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Name
  • Erchless Castle
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  • L-plan tower house
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  • Erchless Castle
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  • Erik Maurice Robson
Latitude
  • 57(xsd:double)
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  • Scotland Highland
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  • -4(xsd:double)
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  • Clan Bissett
Location
  • Struy, Highland
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  • Erchless Castle is an L-plan castle in northern Scotland, near Struy, Highland. The castle is located at the foot of Strathglass by the River Glass and River Farrar. Built in the 13th century by the Bissetts, it became into the hands of the Chisholms the 15th century, via the marriage of Alexander de Chisholme to Margaret, Lady of Erchless, and became their ancestral home. It was remodelled in the early 17th century as an L-plan tower house and underwent further alterations in the 19th century with the addition of a Baronial-style wing in 1895. It is protected as a category B listed building. The castle was owned by the Chisholms until 1935. It was later purchased by Lawrence Robson, founder of accountancy firm Robson Rhodes. Following Lawrence Robson's death in 1982, the castle was inherited by his son, Erik Maurice William Robson.
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