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Airth Castle is owned by Airth Castle Limited and was operated by Airth Castle Hotel & Spa, a company formed in 2004. It was a popular wedding venue. The operator entered administration and ceased trading in March 2023. [4] Parts of the Airth Castle Hotel building were destroyed when a fire broke out during the early hours of 23 September 2024. [5]
Airth Old Parish Church is a ruined church in the grounds of Airth Castle at Airth, in the Falkirk council area in Scotland. The building is now without a roof. It dates from various periods, including substantial parts from the Romanesque period. The quire steeple and north aisle were added by John Milne, the royal master mason, in 1647. [1]
Upload another image See more images Ruined Church Near Castle 56°03′43″N 3°46′03″W / 56.061849°N 3.767625°W / 56.061849; -3.767625 (Ruined Church Near Castle) Category A 2094 Upload Photo Elphinstone Inn 56°04′05″N 3°46′11″W / 56.06802°N 3.769627°W / 56.06802; -3.769627 (Elphinstone Inn) Category C(S) 2097 Upload Photo Old Cross, Airth ...
Robert Bruce was born in Clackmannan, Scotland the son of Thomas Bruce, 1st Baron of Clackmannan and his wife Marjory. Robert received more land in Clackmannan in 1359 from his cousin, King David II, and additional land in Rate, Scotland in 1367.
During this time, Airth Castle was made a garrison by Cromwell's invading troops, and the Earl was ordered to cut down the woods in Aberfoyle parish. [6] The crops were wasted and burned by the Cromwell's general, George Monck. The losses sustained by the Earl of Airth were never recouped, and overwhelmed, he was forced to part with nearly all ...
Airthrey Castle is a historic building and estate which now forms part of the buildings and grounds of the University of Stirling in central Scotland. The 18th-century building with 19th-century additions occupies a beautiful setting in landscaped grounds in the southern edge of the Ochil Hills , above the Forth valley.
Elphinstone Tower, near Airth. Alexander Elphinstone, 2nd Lord Elphinstone (1511-1547) was a Scottish landowner.. Alexander Elphinstone was the son of Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone, and Elizabeth Barlow, an English gentlewoman in the household of Margaret Tudor.
The 'de Erth' family took their name from the lands of Airth which lie close to the barony of Plean in Stirlingshire. [2] This family probably erected the first Plean Castle. [2] The de Erth family ended in an heiress, and lands that were acquired by her husband near Tranent near East Lothian were probably named after the heiress's family. [2]