Local Fact of the Day: Perth’s castle that was born a ruin 🏰

High above the River Tay, Kinnoull Tower looks like the remains of an ancient castle—but it was designed that way from the beginning. Historic Environment Scotland records it as an 18th-century artificial ruin, built by the 9th Earl of Kinnoull and Lord Gray after a visit to the Rhine. Perth had gained its own dramatic cliff-top “castle”, created for the view rather than for defence. 🏰 Have you visited? Vote Yes or No below. Sources: Historic Environment Scotland — Kinnoull Tower, listed building record LB11963 https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505%3A300%3A%3A%3A%3A%3AVIEWTYPE%2CVIEWREF%3Adesignation%2CLB11963 Perth and Kinross Council — Kinnoull Hill Management Plan https://www.pkc.gov.uk/media/45282/The-Kinnoull-Hill-Management-Plan/pdf/Kinnoull_Hill_MP_Part_1_Rev_H.pdf Photograph: Lis Burke · CC BY-SA 2.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinnoull_Tower_-_geograph.org.uk_-_957860.jpg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Original photograph shown without edits.