Elphinstone Tower, also known as Dunmore Tower or Airth Tower, is a 16th-century ruin on the Dunmore Estate in Scotland. Initially built by Sir John Elphinstone as the seat of the barony of Elphinstone, the tower underwent an addition of a gallery and new hall during Alexander Elphinstone's time. The Elphinstone family fell out of favor, leading to the tower's abandonment. The estate was subsequently purchased in 1754, by John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore, who did not build the famous Dunmore Pineapple but renovated the tower's ground floor as a family burial vault at some point.
The tower's eerie atmosphere might be attributed to the nearby demolished St Andrew's Episcopal Church, built around 1850, or to the unexplained haunting of the Elphinstone Lady. Elphinstone Tower still stands at 9 by 7.4 meters (30 by 24 feet) and rises to a height of 17 meters (56 feet). The tower and its grounds hold a wealth of history, but the truth behind its mysterious past remains unsolved. The estate, which was renamed Dunmore after the Dunmore family, now belongs to the National Trust for Scotland.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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