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3 unusual facts about Blair Castle


Archibald Elliot

He was also involved with work on many country houses in Scotland, including Blair Castle and Taymouth Castle in Perthshire, Loudoun Castle in Ayrshire, and Stobo Castle in Peeblesshire.

Farnese Hercules

In Scotland a rare copy in lead, of the first half of the 18th century, is sited incongruously in the central Highlands, overlooking the recently restored Hercules Garden in the grounds of Blair Castle.

Flora Harris

In 2007, she competed for Great Britain at the Young Rider European Eventing Championships at Blair Castle, Scotland.


Clan Dundas

The principal branches of the Clan Dundas were Dundas of Blair Castle, Dundas of Arniston, Dundas of Duddingston and Dundas of Fingask.

Landscape painting in Scotland

Probably a student of the Nories was Charles Steuart (fl. 1762-90), who produced a series of Perthshire landscapes for the Duke of Atholl at Blair Castle, including The Black Lynn, Fall on the Brann (1766).


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Atholl Highlanders

Following the First World War, parades of the regiment became fewer, although it did provide guards when the Crown Prince of Japan and Faisal of Iraq visited Blair Castle in 1921 and 1933 respectively.