Elcho Castle is not one of Scotland’s best known or most visited castles, but it is one of the most enjoyable. If you want a castle that is sufficiently well preserved to give a real feel for the way its residents lived; that is large enough to give scope for exploration; that has a superb and fascinating setting; and that is only a few miles from one of Scotland’s main motorways (and one of its cities, Perth), then Elcho Castle is the place for you.
Elcho Castle’s origins are a little obscure, and it is possible that William Wallace sheltered in an earlier defensive structure on this site. Whether or not this is true, nothing remains of an earlier castle today.
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