What is recorded here
Megginch Castle, Garden holds a 19th Century bowling green, fountains and garden in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The sundial has no assigned period, leaving its age open to imagination. Water, grass and marked time still belong together beneath the castle shadow.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Megginch Castle, Garden as Bowling Green (19th Century), Fountain(s) (19th Century), Garden (19th Century), Sundial(s) (period Unassigned). 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.
Megginch Castle was built in the 17th century by the Drummond family, who held significant influence in Perthshire. The castle and its 19th-century garden are remembered for their historical association with the Drummonds and as an example of Scottish country house architecture and landscape design.
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