Torwood Castle

Torwood Castle is a ruined castle near the Scottish village of Torwood in the unitary authority Falkirk. It is a tower house with L-shaped floor plan. In 1979, the building was added to the Scottish lists of monuments in the highest category A. Furthermore, the plant was classified earlier as Scheduled Monument. The classification was, however, repealed in the 2010s.

History

In the 15th century proclaimed King James III. the Clan Forrester to the keeper of the royal forests of Torwood. Probably in 1566 was Alexander Forrester of Garden located Torwood Castle build. 1585 took the Earls of Angus and Mar a castle to prepare their attack on Stirling Castle. After the castle in the early 17th century had fallen to the Baillie for a short time, they came in 1653 in the possession of the Forresters of Corstorphine. Around this time, several outbuildings were added, but these are no longer preserved. When Torwood Castle was abandoned, is not known.

When Gordon Millar from Glasgow acquired the building in 1957, it was a ruin. Until his death in 1998 Millar was involved in self-organized by the reconstruction of Torwood Castle. The works have been proceeding very slowly, so it is still negotiated the end to a ruin. Millar, however, managed to stop the decay and stabilize the masonry. Since 1998, the ruin is in possession of a non-profit organization. In 1995, the first entry of Torwood Castle in the endangered, historic monuments in Scotland register. His condition is, however, classified as ruinously low-risk.