What is recorded here

Edzell Castle is a ruined sixteenth-century tower house in Angus, built around 1520 by David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford, and expanded by his son, who laid out its unique Renaissance walled garden in 1604. The Lindsays treated it less as a fortress than as a country residence, enjoying its carved gardens and sheltered valley until they sold it in 1715. Nearby, an older timber motte still rises from the land, marking the place where Abbotts first guarded Glenesk before the Lindsays arrived.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edzell Castle as Findspot (period Unassigned), Finger Ring (copper Alloy)(post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. 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 Airlie. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Scottish tower house and as the family seat of the powerful Ogilvy lineage.

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