Huntingtower Castle

Getting there

It is located near the village of Huntingtower beside the A85 just off the A9 next to Perth. It’s about 5km from the centre of Perth.

Entry cost and services

opening times: open all year April-September: 09:30-17:30 October-March: 10:00-16:00 Saturday- Wednesday

prices: 16+ Adult-£6.00. 60+ Concession-£4.80. 5-15 Child-£3.60. member-free. prices may change

There’s one small car park on site witch is not suitable for large vehicles. However there is a Dobbies just across the road with a cafe.

This castle was closed when I visited due to current covid restrictions, so please check Historic Environment Scotland website before travelling.

review

I only got to view this castle from the outside as it was closed when we visited. The castle is actually two separate towers which were joined into one by the Murray family in the seventeenth century. The earliest part of the castle was built in the 15th century. The second tower was built in the 16th century as an L-plan tower house.There used to be a wooden bridge that linked the two buildings until a connecting back was built at the end of the 16th century.

The castle has a lot of history. It has links to assassination attempts and kidnapping of royals. It is most famous as the honeymoon location for Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley in 1565.

More recently the castle was used for housing for workers in the calico printing industry and it is now a great place for wildlife including pipistrelle bats.

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I was visiting this area when I went to see it, so I was happy to stop by and see this castle. I will try and go back when it is open as I would really like to see the inside of it. The grounds were really nice and thoroughly enjoyed it.