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Similar Ochiltree Castle, Castle of Fiddes, Niddry Castle, Muchalls Castle, House of the Binns | ||
Ochiltree Castle (previously: Uchiltre; meaning: the high town or high dwelling place) is a 16th-century tower house in West Lothian, Scotland. It is also described as a farmhouse and lairds house. Along with its boundary wall, the castle is a listed building. Two pediments (c. 1610) display the monograms of Sir Archibald Stirling of Keir and his wife Dame Grizel (née Ross) Stirling.
Geography
At the time of an 1816 survey, the Ochiltree estate was owned by Archibald Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebery and stretched between two parishes, Linlithgow parish and Ecclesmachan parish. The survey showed several farms including that of Ochiltree, Ochiltree Place, Kippetstone, Oldhill, Little Ochiltree, Ochiltree Mill, East Broadlaw, and West Broadlaw. Adjacent neighbors were the Earl of Hopetoun, Earl of Selkirk, Captain Stewart, James Johnstone, Thomas Sharpe and Hunter of Thurstone.