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1. Tulliallan Gatehouse – Old Tulliallan Castle Ruins loop from Kincardine

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2. Clackmannan Tolbooth – Tulliallan Gatehouse loop from Steelend

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3. Tulliallan Gatehouse – Old Tulliallan Castle Ruins loop from Kincardine

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Brian

June 3, 2016

Located amongst woodland a half-mile (1 km) north of Kincardine, Old Tulliallan Castle is an unusual 14th century hall-house surrounded by a D-shaped ditch and rampart. It comprises two storeys and a basement, with its principal rooms on the ground floor, modified through later additions and internal alterations. A castle was certainly here by 1304, when Edward I ordered it to be strengthened. Thereafter it became the property of the Douglas family, who granted it to the Edmonstones in 1402. In 1486, Tulliallan passed through marriage to the Blackadders, who were responsible for a major reconstruction. Finally, in 1605, the castle became the property of the Bruces of Carnock and was lived in until 1662. The estate was sold to Admiral Lord Keith in 1798 and he built a new castle a half-mile (1 km) to the southeast in 1820.

Brian

June 3, 2016

Tulliallan Castle is a large house in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland.

It is the second structure to have the name, and is a mixture of Gothic and Italian style architecture set amid some 90 acres (36 ha) of parkland just north of where the Kincardine Bridge spans the Firth of Forth. It is the home of the Scottish Police College and has been since 1954. On 1 April 2013, Tulliallan Castle became the headquarters of Police Scotland (the newly created national police service for Scotland), but as of 2014 the service's headquarters are temporarily relocated to nearby Alloa.

It was built in 1812-1820 for George Keith Elphinstone, Admiral Lord Keith one time senior officer of Lord Nelson, from money received from prize ships, by a labour force said to include French prisoners of war. During the Second World War its history took on a further international dimension when it was used by the Polish Armed Forces in the West as their headquarters in Scotland.

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Location: Kincardine, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Old Tulliallan Castle Ruins

1. Tulliallan Gatehouse – Old Tulliallan Castle Ruins loop from Kincardine

2. Clackmannan Tolbooth – Tulliallan Gatehouse loop from Steelend

3. Tulliallan Gatehouse – Old Tulliallan Castle Ruins loop from Kincardine

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