Taymouth Castle, 'fort'

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Taymouth Castle, 'fort' as Folly (18th Century). 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.

Taymouth Castle, 'fort' is a 18th-century folly built as a decorative or symbolic structure, likely by a local landowning family. It is remembered as an example of the Scottish Enlightenment's influence on landscape architecture and the creation of romanticized rural scenery.