Balhousie Castle, located in

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(on Hay Street, originally a few hundred metres north of the medieval town), was built in the 17th century.

History

The castle was built in 1631, although its origins are believed to go back a further three hundred years. It originally served as the seat of the

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, and stood within a walled enclosure containing subsidiary buildings, orchards etc., on a terrace overlooking the

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. After falling into neglect in the early 19th century, the Castle was 'restored' (in fact, virtually rebuilt), and extensively remodelled on a larger scale between 1862 and 1864 in the Scottish Baronial style by the architect David Smart. No original features survive except for parts of the original rubble walls on the east side. The Regimental Trustees of the

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bought Balhousie Castle in January 2009 and it became the Regimental Headquarters and Museum of the regiment. The museum displays the history of the regiment from 1739 to the present. The Black Watch Heritage Appeal was launched in September 2009 allowing the regiment to raise in excess of £3.2 million to develop Balhousie Castle to provide a permanent home for the museum and archive of The Black Watch. The castle contains ''No Surrender'', a painting by Frank Feller (18481908), showing the aftermath of the

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(11 December 1899) in the

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File:Balhousie Castle (1) - geograph.org.uk - 548490.jpg, The entrance to the castle, viewed through the main gate File:Balhousie Castle (2) - geograph.org.uk - 548499.jpg, A close-up of the castle's entrance File:Balhousie Castle (3) - geograph.org.uk - 548503.jpg, The castle's turrets

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