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Craignish Castle, Tennis Court

Tennis Court (19th Century) - (20th Century)

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Craignish Castle, Tennis Court stands in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, a purpose-built sporting chamber from the 19th Century that survived into the 20th Century. It was not a ordinary back garden game but a castle-owned court where rank and leisure collided under stone walls. The exact position is known within ten metres, yet the chamber itself may still be closed, hidden or forgotten behind estate land. What is certain is that craignish castle, tennis court was made for motion, not display, and that purpose is written into its shape.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Craignish Castle, Tennis Court as Tennis Court (19th Century) - (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Craignish Castle, Tennis Court is a 19th- to 20th-century structure associated with the broader Craignish Castle estate, likely built for recreational use by the local landed gentry. It is remembered as a rare example of a historic tennis court in a Scottish rural setting, reflecting the leisure activities of the upper classes in the late Victorian and early modern periods.

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