What is recorded here

Edzell Castle is a ruined 16th-century tower house in Angus, Scotland, built around 1520 by David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford, and expanded by his son, who laid out a unique Renaissance walled garden in 1604. It functioned more as a comfortable country house than a defensive fortress, seeing little military action until English troops briefly occupied it during Oliver Cromwell's invasion in 1651. The Lindsays sold it in 1715, and it later passed to the Earl of Dalhousie before entering state care in the 1930s. Today Historic Environment Scotland manages the site, where the intricate garden carvings hint at esoteric traditions like Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edzell Castle as Castle (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Edzell Castle was built by the Ogilvy family in the 15th century and later held by the Earls of Kinnoull. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Scottish medieval tower house and as a historic seat of a prominent noble family.

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