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Elphinstone Tower, Falkirk

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The Murray family left Dunmore in 1911, and the tower has since decayed. St Andrew's Church was demolished in the early 1960s, and the north-west angle of the tower collapsed after a storm around 1968. The tower stands 9 by 7.4 metres (30 by 24 ft), and the walls are 17 metres (56 ft) high
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as the principal residence on the estate. The additions to the tower were demolished to allow construction of St Andrew's Episcopal Church, a private chapel completed around 1850. The tower was subsequently restored and the ground floor remodelled as a family burial vault.
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elsewhere on the estate in 1761. The tower was extended at some point, although there is little evidence that it was occupied. In the 1820s the
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The tower dates to the early 16th century, when it was built by Sir John Elphinstone as the seat of the
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on the Dunmore Estate in central Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north-west of
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added a gallery and a new hall before his death in 1638.
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Category C listed buildings in Falkirk (council area)
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The Elphinstone Estate was purchased for £16,000 by
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tower house
Airth
Stirling
Falkirk
council area
category C(S) listed building

barony
Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone
John Murray
Earl of Dunmore
Dunmore Pineapple
5th Earl
Dunmore Park
Dunmore, Falkirk
Historic Environment Scotland
"TOWER, DUNMORE PARK (Category C Listed Building) (LB2111)"




"Elphinstone Tower"
CANMORE
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland


"Elphinstone or Dunmore Tower"
the original

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