elcho castle

Elcho Castle is located the banks of the River Tay in Perthshire and is one of Scotland’s best-preserved 16th-century tower houses. It was built around the time of the Protestant Reformation in 1560 by a member of the family of Wemyss.

The castle was the first of three tower houses which we visited last week. The complex labyrinth of stone spiral staircases really come to life when you walk through the building. The deep external walls and large openings allow for fantastic variances of light within rooms and create unique habitable spaces within the depth of the wall.